Lawyers

• Texas Court Dismisses Charges Against Former Texas Governor

  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has dropped the charges filed against former Texas Governor, Rick Perry

• Criminal Case Against Rick Perry, Dismissed by Texas Court

  The abuse-of-power case against former Texas governor, Rick Perry, has been dismissed by the highest criminal court in Texas. The accusations peppered Perry during his failed run for the Republican nomination to lead the nation.

• Supreme court to decide major abortion case for first time since 2007

  The U.S. Supreme Court took up a major new abortion case on Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge by abortion providers to parts of a restrictive, Republican-backed Texas law that they contend are aimed at shutting clinics that offer the procedure.

• Republican Walker exits 2016 presidential race

  Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin abruptly pulled out of the 2016 U.S. presidential race on Monday, doomed by a lightning-quick collapse from serious contender to a candidate struggling to raise money and his profile.

• Appeals court strikes down 'discriminatory' Texas voter ID law

  A U.S. appeals court struck down a Texas law on Wednesday requiring voters to show authorized identification before casting ballots, saying the measure violated the U.S. Voting Rights Act through its "discriminatory effects."

• Former Texas Gov. Perry to announce presidential aims on June 4

  Former Texas Governor Rick Perry will announce whether he will mount a second bid for president in the November 2016 election at a Dallas event on June 4, an aide said on Friday.

• At Christian University, Jeb Bush seeks support from evangelicals

  Republican Jeb Bush sought to bolster his support among evangelical Christians on Saturday in remarks at a Christian university, accusing liberals of trying to undermine religious freedom.

• Unusually large Republican 2016 field sparks 'staff primary'

  With a dozen Republicans thinking seriously about running for president in 2016 and 10 more talking up the idea, it's a good time to be an experienced campaign hand.

• Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates gather in Iowa

  For Republicans, the long road to the 2016 presidential election begins in earnest on Saturday in Iowa when a group of potential candidates compete for support among conservatives in the state that will hold the country's first nominating contest.

• Texas to draw down guard troops on border in early 2015: official

  Texas plans to begin winding down its deployment of state National Guard troops to the border with Mexico around March or April of next year, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst told reporters on Wednesday.

• Texas Governor Perry gets support in felony case from bipartisan lawyers

  A bipartisan and high-profile group of lawyers on Monday filed a brief seeking to have abuse of power felony charges against Texas Governor Rick Perry thrown out, arguing the indictment against him is constitutionally flawed.

• It’s a good time to run for office in Iowa: meet Queen Joni

  Most Republicans running in tight U.S. Senate races in November's midterm elections can rely on campaign endorsements from a few national figures. But most Republicans are not Joni Ernst.

• Mexico President slams Texas governor over border crackdown

  Texas Gov. Rick Perry's deployment of National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexican border is "reprehensible" and puts neighborly relations at risk, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in an interview published on Friday.

• Texas Governor Perry's lawyers invoke Louis XIV to dismiss charges

  Lawyers for Rick Perry invoked a former Roman emperor and 17th-century French King Louis XIV in a motion filed on Monday seeking to dismiss abuse-of-power felony charges leveled against the Texas governor.

• Texas voter ID trial opens in U.S. court

  A U.S. court in Texas heard arguments on Tuesday in a case over a law requiring voters to present photo identification, a move the state's Republican leaders say will prevent fraud while plaintiffs call it an attempt at suppressing minority turnout.