Ted Cruz Weathers the Political Storm
As millions of Texans lost power and water from devastating winter storms, Ted Cruz booked a flight to Cancun in a political misstep that likely won’t harm his long-term career.
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‘Obviously a Mistake’: Cruz Returns From Cancun After Uproar
Texas Senator Ted Cruz said his family vacation to Mexico was “obviously a mistake” as he returned stateside Thursday following an uproar over his disappearance during a deadly winter storm.
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Cruz Battered by Blowback From Electoral College Objection
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, thrashed by the backlash over his refusal to certify Electoral College votes, is facing growing calls to resign from detractors across the political spectrum who have labeled him a terrorism fomenter and akin to a Nazi propogandist.
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Cruz Fights to Get Back Money He Loaned Campaign
GOP Senator Ted Cruz is calling on a federal court panel to strike down a Federal Election Commission rule limiting post-election donations to pay back money he loaned his 2018 campaign, in a case heard in Washington on Wednesday.
Read moreTrump Unveils New List of Potential Supreme Court Picks
President Donald Trump added 20 names to a running list of possible U.S. Supreme Court nominees should he win reelection, including GOP Senators Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton.
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China Sanctions 11 US Politicians, Heads of Organizations
China on Monday announced unspecified sanctions against 11 U.S. politicians and heads of organizations promoting democratic causes, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have already been singled out by Beijing.
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GOP Senators Join Houston Mayor at Roundtable on Police Reforms
Body cameras and qualified immunity dominated the discussion at a police reform roundtable Friday in Houston, in which Republican U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz found common ground with the city’s Democratic Mayor Sylvester Turner.
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Hawks Use Pompeo in Horse-Trading Over Iran Policy
Iran hawks in Congress have leveraged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s interest in a Senate run to win a key concession from the Trump administration that could help kill the nuclear deal with Tehran.
Read moreCruz Sues Over Limits on Reimbursing Campaign Loans
Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Federal Election Commission’s cap on how much money candidates can reimburse themselves for loans to their campaign, claiming it violates his right to free speech.
Read moreTrump Turns Up the Heat Stumping for Ted Cruz
In Houston Monday night to support Ted Cruz’s campaign to retain his seat in the U.S. Senate, President Donald Trump called Cruz’s Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke a “stone-cold phony” who “wants to take away your guns.”
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Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke Go Mano a Mano in Debate
Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke came out swinging against Senator Ted Cruz Tuesday night in a feisty debate that veered from hot button foreign and domestic topics to civility in politics.
Read moreEyeing Senate Upset, O’Rourke Evokes Late Texas Governor
Beto O’Rourke’s long, zig-zag campaign for Senate through all 254 Texas counties recalls for many Texans the populist appeal of the state’s last Democratic governor, the late Ann Richards.
Read moreTexas Democrat Leads Fundraising for Senate Candidates
Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke raised $38.1 million in the third round of fundraising, more than tripling U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s haul in a Senate race considered to be one of the hottest midterm contests in the nation.
Read moreSuspicious Package
A spokesperson for Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said Tuesday that his Houston campaign headquarters was locked down for several hours because of a suspicious package, which later tested negative for hazardous substances.
Read morePoll Shows Ted Cruz in Dead Heat With Texas Dem
A new Emerson College poll found Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz now holds just a single-point lead over Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke in a Senate race considered to be one of the hottest midterm contests in the nation.
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Ted Cruz Assails ‘the Hard Left’ at GOP Convention
Senator Ted Cruz lauded his party’s accomplishments under President Donald Trump at the Republican Party of Texas convention Saturday, but warned delegates they would need to unify to defeat “the hard left” in November and keep the state “bright red.”
Read moreCruz Challenger Adds to Campaign Cash Stockpile
The 2018 midterm election for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas is in full swing, and Democrat Beto O’Rourke raised the stakes Tuesday in his race against Republican Ted Cruz by announcing he has pulled in nearly $7 million so far this year.
Read moreBolstered by Fundraising, Ted Cruz Opponent Sharpens Attack
Three-term Congressman Beto O’Rourke said he outraised Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz by $500,000 last cycle, the latest step in O’Rourke’s uphill battle to become the first Democrat to win statewide office in Texas since the 1990s.
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Cruz Says Aide Inadvertently Caused His Porn Twitter Post
Sen. Ted Cruz says an aide was responsible for the “like” that caused a pornographic post to briefly appear on Cruz’s Twitter feed overnight.
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Cruz Says Supreme Court Will Have Another Vacancy by Summer
Sen. Ted Cruz told attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday that he believes there will be another vacancy on the Supreme Court by this summer, a development that would presumably tilt the court decidedly to the right.
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