WASHINGTON -- Anyone paying attention to political trends in the nation's capital would be forgiven for thinking that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is tak...

WASHINGTON -- It's a crucial statistic, and it animates the ferocious debate about immigration now consuming Congress: Of the 12 million Hispanic Amer...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reportedly received threats from a man who said he would kidnap, murder and burn the tea partier and his father. The Harris...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced on Monday another amendment to throw a wrench into the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill:...

Creating a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants still hasn't cleared two formidable roadblocks in Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. Like the Texas Republican Party, Cornyn and Cruz have come a long way from their relatively progressive stances of only a decade ago.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) responded to Sen. Bob Menendez's (D-N.J.) remark that the Tea Party-backed lawmaker suffers from "Obamaphobia," tweeting Tuesd...

Speaking at a fundraiser Tuesday evening for Rep. Ed Markey's (D-Mass.) Senate campaign, Vice President Joe Biden criticized the Republican Party for ...

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) took a hit at tea party favorite Ted Cruz Tuesday, diagnosing the Texas senator with "Obamaphobia." Menendez hurled the ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called President Barack Obama the biggest obstacle to immigration reform and refused to rule out filibustering the reform bill...

Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is a very smart fellow, so you have to wonder if he really believes all of the things he is saying for public con...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said over the weekend that certain policies of President Barack Obama's administration reminded him of stories he'd heard abou...

Michele Bachmann's absence leaves a leadership void among the radical Tea Party faction that turned the House of Representatives into an ungovernable mob and her briefly to frontrunner status in the 2012 Republican presidential primary.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) offered a simple solution this weekend to the controversy that has engulfed the Internal Revenue Service recently: Get rid of ...

About 30 miles north of Columbus, down the road from a Walmart and across the street from a Walmart-sized Baptist church, a brick-faced Victorian esta...

Ted Cruz has sharp elbows. He’s already managed to annoy several senators, including Republicans, and sparked what appears to be a full-on feud with...

It has become a common narrative for politicians in general, but especially so for high-profile members of the Tea Party: She came, she saw, she left in disgrace.

For the last 200 years, the United States Senate had been an institution governed by precedent, a mannerly chamber where members addressed each other ...

Michele Bachmann had a good run as the looniest toon in Congress. But there are plenty more where she came from. From Steve King to Ted Cruz, see our ...

Will Congress uphold our national values that cherish the richness our immigrant community provides? Or, will Congress allow itself to be led astray by those seeking to turn bad politics into bad policy?