Ted Cruz

First spotted at an airport by a social media user who posted his photo, there was an immediate outcry overnight that a U.S. senator would travel out of the state amid the worst storm in many Texans' lifetimes.

Cruz is getting blowback after the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. Attorneys have rules of conduct, but the profession largely self-regulates.

The chamber has the power to expel or censure members for their conduct, though it's a rare occurrence. Only 24 have received such sanctions since 1780.

Some Texas Republicans in Congress called for bipartisanship, but many others criticized Biden's early policy moves.

A scholar of politics tells Texas Standard how political theater has consequences, and that the electoral college is “on the chopping block.”

Sen. Ted Cruz and 16 Texas members of the U.S. House of Representatives objected to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory overnight Wednesday. Here's what the Central Texas members had to say about their vote.

“He has conducted himself shamelessly, and I think he has done this because he believes it's the only way, the only chance that he has to win the Republican nomination for president,” Joaquin Castro said.

The extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday as Congress convened to certify Electoral College votes.

Republicans will see more of 100 of their House members and one dozen Senators object to election's results. Those objections highly unlikely to prevail.

Continuing to pursue unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and some of his fellow GOP senators announced they would vote to reject the certification of Electoral College votes for the presidential election unless an emergency audit is conducted.