The latest Barack Obama news from The Texas Tribune.
The former secretary of state talked foreign policy, partisan politics and the national debt at an event co-presented by the Tribune, the Center for Politics and Governance at UT's LBJ School of Public Affairs, and the LBJ Library. Full Story
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Lawmakers are reeling from the bruising political battle over health care reform and are loath to take on another divisive issue and additional risky votes. So the prospects remain dim for legislation that would improve border security, provide a pathway to citizenship for millions and crack down on unscrupulous employers — but that doesn't mean everyone's forgotten about it, as the hundreds of thousands of advocates who marched on Washington, D.C., last weekend can attest. Full Story
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It's money versus geography and name ID in the race between the two top finishers in the five-way GOP primary in this conservative-leaning congressional district. The winner will face U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco. Full Story
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The president's nominee for commissioner of Customs and Border Protection gets the job without Senate confirmation. Full Story
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Former Secretary of State James Baker visited the LBJ Library and Museum last night to talk with Texas Tribune Editor Evan Smith about the state of our world today. Ben Philpott, who's covering politics and policy for KUT News and the Tribune was there. And reports on Baker’' view of how the current administration is doing on some of the bigger foreign policy matters. Full Story
Former Secretary of State James Baker, one of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's highest-profile primary supporters, says he now supports Gov. Rick Perry's re-election bid. And, as it happens, much of Barack Obama's foreign policy. Full Story
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When high-ranking officials in the Obama administration travel to Mexico today to discuss that country's role in combating border violence, one key member of the team will be missing: the commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection division of the Department of Homeland Security, whose nomination has languished in the U.S. Senate since September. Full Story
It’s not just Gov. Rick Perry who wants the President to make a trip south. Full Story
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Your afternoon reading. Full Story
Texans are more worried about the economy and the direction of the country than anything else, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Other notable findings: Nearly two-thirds support either gay marriage or civil unions, nearly half prefer private health insurance to a government-run plan, and more than a third think the Legislature meets every year. Full Story
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Beck and Medina, Wilson remembered and the rest of your afternoon reading. Full Story
The Obama administration — which is one of the ways Mark Sanford and Rick Perry are not alike. Full Story
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Rick Perry's other Super Bowl party guest pulls no punches about Barack Obama. Full Story
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What happens in Washington doesn't stay in Washington. Lawmakers, industry leaders and special interest groups are studying President Obama’s 2010 budget to figure out how spending cuts and other changes at the federal level could impact Texas. Ben Philpott, who's covering politics and public policy for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report. Full Story
For our Texas retrospective of the State of the Union, let’s start from the top of the political food chain and work our way down. Full Story
Bellaire High School senior Li Boynton is smarter than you, so she gets to watch the State of the Union with Michelle Obama. Full Story
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If President Obama’s ratings are looking a little anemic among whites nationally, they are in need of an emergency leukocyte transfusion in Texas. Full Story
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Thanks to sites like Facebook and Twitter, we know the elected officials who represent us better than ever — sometimes in weirdly intimate ways. You can find out that Dan Patrick had to put his dog down, that Wayne Christian is a fan of real estate wunderkind and reality TV star Chad Rogers, and that Bill White just finished listening to a book on tape. But woe to the pol who hasn't updated her status in a year. Full Story
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Your afternoon reading. Full Story
It seems Republicans in Texas are generally unimpressed with the President, according to Rasmussen poll numbers. Full Story