Texas Democrat James Talarico joins Morning Joe after his viral moment on Joe Rogan's podcast where Rogan told him to run for president. Talarico, a rising Democratic voice and aspiring preacher, explains why he’s reaching out to unlikely audiences,

In part one of our two-part look at the 2026 Democratic and Republican primaries, Matthew and Eleanor talk to Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder.

President Donald Trump pitched a key group of Texas Republicans on his strategy for keeping his party in power in the midterms: redrawing those members’ districts to allow for even more GOP seats. Kendall Scudder,

Texas Democrats know they have few options to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps exactly as the president wants them. They do, however, have a nuclear option.

Texas state Rep. James Talarico went on Rogan's podcast, and Rogan backed him after the pair spoke about the disillusionment with politicians.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A review by Texas lawmakers into the catastrophic July 4 floods has no intention of second-guessing decisions by local officials or assigning blame over the tragedy that killed at least 136 people, a top Republican leading the effort said Wednesday.

With an ambitious agenda before them, Texas lawmakers kicked off the first of what could be several special sessions.

The flood disaster that struck Texas over Independence Day weekend was beyond the state’s ability to predict or fully manage, the state emergency management chief told the legislature on

Some Texas Democrats are pressing for the release of records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation as the Trump administration scrambles to satisfy conservative voices demanding the same thing.