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Ted Cruz

National Politics 

Ted Cruz Weathers the Political Storm

February 20, 2021February 22, 2021 JON PARTON
Storms, Ted Cruz, Texas, Travel

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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Environment Government 

‘Obviously a Mistake’: Cruz Returns From Cancun After Uproar

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Storms, Ted Cruz, Texas

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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Government National Politics 

Cruz Battered by Blowback From Electoral College Objection

January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 CAMERON LANGFORD
riots, Ted Cruz, Texas, U.S. Capitol, U.S. Senate

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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Government Law Politics 

Cruz Fights to Get Back Money He Loaned Campaign

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 MEGAN MINEIRO
campaign finance, Federal Election Commission, lending, Ted Cruz, U.S. Senate

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.

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Courts Government Politics 

Trump Unveils New List of Potential Supreme Court Picks

September 9, 2020September 10, 2020 JACK RODGERS
presidential appointments, Ted Cruz, Trump administration, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court

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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Government International Politics 

China Sanctions 11 US Politicians, Heads of Organizations

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, Hong Kong, Sanctions, Ted Cruz, Trump administration

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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Government Law National 

GOP Senators Join Houston Mayor at Roundtable on Police Reforms

June 19, 2020June 22, 2020 CAMERON LANGFORD
Houston, immunity, Police, police body cameras, reforms, Ted Cruz, U.S. Senate

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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Uncategorized 

Hawks Use Pompeo in Horse-Trading Over Iran Policy

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Diplomacy, Iran, nuclear power, State Department, Ted Cruz, U.S. Senate

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.

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Government Law Politics 

Cruz Sues Over Limits on Reimbursing Campaign Loans

April 1, 2019April 2, 2019 ELLEN ROBINSON
campaign finance, Federal Election Commission, Ted Cruz

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.

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Politics 

Trump Turns Up the Heat Stumping for Ted Cruz

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 CAMERON LANGFORD
Donald Trump, Elections, rally, Ted Cruz, Texas

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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Politics 

Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke Go Mano a Mano in Debate

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 ERIK DE LA GARZA and DANIEL CONRAD
election debates, Ted Cruz, Texas, U.S. Senate

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.

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Government Politics Regional 

Eyeing Senate Upset, O’Rourke Evokes Late Texas Governor

October 12, 2018 JAMES PALMER
Democrats, Elections, Ted Cruz, Texas, U.S. Senate

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.

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Government Politics Regional 

Texas Democrat Leads Fundraising for Senate Candidates

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 ERIK DE LA GARZA
campaign finance, Ted Cruz, Texas, U.S. Senate

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.

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Politics Regional 

Suspicious Package

October 2, 2018 BRIEF
safety, Ted Cruz, Texas

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.

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Government National Politics 

Poll Shows Ted Cruz in Dead Heat With Texas Dem

August 27, 2018 ERIK DE LA GARZA
Democrats, Elections, surveys, Ted Cruz, Texas, U.S. Senate

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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Politics 

Ted Cruz Assails ‘the Hard Left’ at GOP Convention

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 KELSEY JUKAM
GOP, rally, Ted Cruz, Texas

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.”

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Government Politics 

Cruz Challenger Adds to Campaign Cash Stockpile

April 4, 2018 JAMES PALMER
campaign finance, Elections, Ted Cruz, Texas, U.S. Senate

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.

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Government Politics Regional 

Bolstered by Fundraising, Ted Cruz Opponent Sharpens Attack

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 ERIK DE LA GARZA
campaign finance, Democrats, Elections, Ted Cruz, Texas, U.S. Senate

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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Government National Politics 

Cruz Says Aide Inadvertently Caused His Porn Twitter Post

September 12, 2017October 11, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
pornography, Ted Cruz, Twitter

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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Government National Politics 

Cruz Says Supreme Court Will Have Another Vacancy by Summer

February 23, 2017February 24, 2017 DAN MCCUE
Betsy Devos, Conservatives, Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon, Ted Cruz, U.S. Supreme Court

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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