In a split from most of their party, three Texas House Democrats voted for far-right-backed Texas Rep. David Cook in Tuesday's House Speaker race—one of whom was the sole Democratic House Speaker candidate herself.

House Democrats have boycotted the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session in an effort to stop Republicans from exploiting a temporary one-seat majority to unseat one of their members

The Texas Capitol turned into a hotbed for Christian nationalists as faith leaders gathered inside and outside the statehouse — and called for an end to the separation of church and state.

Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, both of Texas, were the only Democrats to side with Republicans on Tuesday to pass legislation meant to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports.

The House voted to pass a bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in women and girls' sports in federal funded schools.

The new House made transgender students in sports one of its first priorities for 2025. The bill’s path in the Senate is unclear.