From Donald Trump to Mike Johnson, Chip Roy is a thorn in the Republican Party

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — For many of his fellow House Republicans, Chip Roy is so conservative that he demands a level of ideological purity from his colleagues that routinely threatens t

Man arrested after asking flight attendants to join 'mile high club' on U.S. flight

A man aboard an Orlando, Florida-bound flight was arrested after agents say he was disruptive and made comments about flight attendants joining the "mile high club," according to a criminal complaint. James Finnister was flying from Louisville, Kentucky, to Orlando International Airport aboard a Spi

Texas GOP chair Matt Rinaldi backed a group with white supremacist ties — while working for its billionaire funder

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. For more than three months, Republican Party of Texas Chair Matt Rinaldi has vigorously attacked critics of Defend Texas Liberty, and rebuffed calls to distance the state part

Texans with smaller student loans could see federal debt canceled as soon as February

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Biden administration has fast-tracked a student loan forgiveness program that could erase the debt of thousands of Texas borrowers with smaller loans.