Texas Rep.-elect Beth Van Duyne says ObamaCare was 'one of the biggest lies' of history

Also on this day: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is slain in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II.Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, is born in Raleigh, N.C.Texas is admitted as the 28th state.The massacre on Wounded Knee takes place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians are killed by U.S.

Rep.-elect Victoria Spartz grew up in Soviet-controlled Ukraine and saw the "misery" that occurs when socialism fails. So the incoming GOP representative is alarmed by how the left, especially young people, have embraced socialism here in America as a solution.  She left Ukraine at the age of 21 for America for the promise of love and new opportunities.

No shenanigans here. Christmas came early for one waitress in Texas, who reeled after receiving a $1,100 tip from a generous group of customers.

Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, called it a "no-brainer" Tuesday to oppose the recently passed coronavirus relief package, calling the process behind its passage a disgrace to taxpayers.

Rep.-elect Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said Monday that "Congress shouldn't be putting themselves first in line for the COVID-19 vaccination" as many of her soon-to-be colleagues are being vaccinated following the examples of both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

James Van Der Beek and his family are giving back this holiday season.

Universities have recently been rocked by cheating scandals as remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic allows students more tools and access to circumvent the rules, according to reports. In Texas A&M, students were found to answer questions faster than they could even read them on a finance exam.

DALLAS -- A West Texas oilman's mural-sized print of an Ansel Adams photo has sold for nearly $1 million at an auction.Sotheby's New York, the auction house, said Tuesday that “The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming” sold for $988,000, a record price for Adams at auction.The photograph, taken on commission for the Department of Interior in 1942, shows a view of the mountains over Jackson Hole.

Staff Sgt. Nicole Pompei didn’t intend to start her own business this year, but after she turned her old Air Force uniform into a wreath, people immediately started asking her to make more.

A Texas woman who dumped the body of her 1-year-old daughter into a lake, then carried a life-size doll she claimed was the child, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison. Tiaundra Christon, 23, was found guilty of tampering with a corpse in connection with placing her deceased daughter's body in Moses Lake in Texas City in 2018, according to KRIV-TV.

Rep.-elect Scott Franklin, a former naval aviator, appreciates when others thank him for his military service because it's a sign that America has reached a point where veterans are respected. But the new incoming GOP Florida congressman thinks of himself as the lucky one.

The Texas high school football player who has been charged after allegedly running over a referee during a game earlier this month was told that he will not be able to participate in any league-sanctioned sports for the 2020-21 season. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported that the University Interscholastic League’s executive committee told Emmanuel Duron, 18, about its decision during a virtual meeting.The board’s vote was unanimous.

end of , Jared Padalecki is putting on his cowboy hat for The CW's .A reboot of , Padalecki says goodbye to Sam Winchester and hello to Cordell Walker, a Texas ranger who returns home to Austin, Texas, after being away on an undercover mission and is haunted by the death of his late wife, Emily (Genevieve Padalecki).

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton lamented the Supreme Court's decision not to hear his case against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin challenging those state's elections. In an interview with Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures," Paxton questioned the court's decision that his state lacked standing -- that Texas had not shown a legal interest in how other states carry out their elections.

Hollywood stars around the country are reacting to President Trump's latest legal defeat in his campaign's fight against the 2020 presidential election results. The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a case in Texas that would have essentially nullified election results in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin.

The leader of the Republican Party in Texas suggested Friday that “law-abiding states” might want to form their own "union," after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Lone Star State’s lawsuit over the 2020 presidential election, according to reports.

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo could not contain his excitement Friday over the Supreme Court's rejection of Texas' effort to nullify the presidential election results in four key swing states.   Despite strong support among GOP lawmakers and state attorneys general, the Lone Star State's bid to halt the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victories in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan was turned aside by the highest court in the land.  “The State of Texas’s motion for leave to

Texas Rep.-elect Beth Van Duyne is the only Republican candidate in the country to have won a seat where President Trump lost and where President-elect Joe Biden won, with Republicans strategists calling her seat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “most bitter loss.”  Van Duyne, who was elected to serve Texas’ 24th District covering Dallas-Fort Worth, made history in November by becoming only the second Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the House of Representatives.  “The results of this

Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy said Thursday he would not be joining his colleagues in support of a state lawsuit aimed at delaying the appointment of presidential electors in four battleground states, breaking with top GOP lawmakers in his state.

President Trump on Wednesday touted Texas' suit demanding the U.S. Supreme Court block the Electoral College votes of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, calling it the "big one." "We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case.This is the big one.