Generations of Texas politicians have sat, voted and debated in the cushioned leather chairs on the floor of the state’s House of Representatives, but few have spent the night in one — let alone with a bonnet and eye mask.

In an interview with POLITICO, Chris Wright insisted that the Trump administration’s efforts to stifle development of solar and wind power are not causing costs to spike.

For Trump, the argument that Democrats have let lawlessness run rampant in the cities and states they run goes back even further, as have his efforts to invoke race in his discussions of crime, which my colleague Erica Green wrote about today.

Democrats say these new recruits are uniquely suited to break through in districts where President Donald Trump’s popularity remains dominant.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats are making a partisan push to draw new congressional districts and reshape the state’s U.S. House representation in their favor, but to pull it off, lawmakers returning to the Capitol on Monday face a tight deadline and must still win voters’ approval.

Democrats see the federal takeover of Washington as a way for President Trump to stoke fear for political gain. But they are mindful that issues of public safety continue to resonate with their own supporters.

It should be an easy yes-or-no answer, according to taxpayer advocate David Williams. But when Spotlight on Maryland asked the state’s top three Democrats whether they would ensure transparency and accountability as tax dollars flow through nonprofits,