Lawmakers want NASA to keep looking for life in space
Scientists are stepping up the search for “tenacious” forms of primitive life on planets orbiting distant stars, with promising technologies that could begin assessing 3,500 candidate planets within...
View ArticleA tall Texan brought victims of Argentina’s “dirty war” to international...
The six-foot, seven-inch native of Dallas helped put human rights front and center in international relations
View ArticleRep. Kevin Brady critiques Obama’s State of the Union
Congressman Kevin Brady, a Republican from The Woodlands, says Obama is taking the country in the wrong direction. “Most Americans believe our country is headed in the wrong direction,” says Brady,...
View ArticleSen. Jay Rockefeller presses technological solutions for distracted driving
The epidemic is annually claiming more than 3.300 lives and injuring another 420,000, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
View ArticleTexas congresswoman spies progress in Middle East peace process
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee visits Israel
View ArticleTexas Sen. John Cornyn questions scope of New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s...
Both Cornyn and Gillibrand favor changes to strengthen the ability of sexual assault victims to win justice in military courtrooms.
View ArticleUpdated: Fort Hood killings fan debate over soldiers carrying personal...
Police officers -- not GIs with personal weapons -- have ended the last three mass murders on U.S. military installations
View ArticleHouston businesswoman rejects plea deal in case involving a New York congressman
Diana Durand may face trial in Brooklyn, N.Y.
View ArticlePanel moves to end NASA’s reliance on Russia to reach space station
House Appropriations Committee action sends $17.9 billion spending measure to House for further action
View ArticleTexas Sen. John Cornyn and Houston Congressman Gene Green tracking highway...
Texans on Capitol Hill are closely tracking efforts to finance multi-year bridge and highway projects that are jeopardized by the looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund. Sen. John Cornyn,...
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