The lame-duck congressman looks to leave a mark, while his colleagues float a big border plan and do some culture warring.
The dopes, villains, and terrible ideas that bedeviled our beloved state over the past twelve months. (This time, with slightly less Ted Cruz!)
An open letter to Louie Gohmert, the Bum Steer Hall of Fame’s newest inductee!
Texan legislators in Washington keep their eyes on the important things. Texas Monthly rounded up the latest.
Follow along with the latest sayings and doings of Louie Gohmert, the Republican congressman for Texas’s First Congressional District.
The nine-term congressman and right-wing firebrand from Tyler is staking his career on unseating the indicted attorney general.
Scandal-plagued incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton faces a Bush, a congressional performance artist, and a former state Supreme Court justice.
The East Texas Republican tested positive for the coronavirus after refusing to wear a mask—which almost made us forget about his supporters allegedly beating up his opponent’s campaign manager.
Plus, the Texas Freedom Caucus projects its own dangerous fantasies, and even more stir-crazy pols.
The Texas senator and congressman, along with Chip Roy, remain incorrigible in the face of the coronavirus.
Many closed schools are continuing meal service for low-income students, but challenges to securing nutrition remain for vulnerable children across the state.
Plus, Michael Cloud takes on the disease of California, and what’s Rodney Ellis doing with that squirrel?
Plus, Dan Crenshaw goes full-on Krusty the Clown, and a new Bush has entered the game.
Impeachment is serious business. And so is the political calculating that goes into how to respond.
The Great Texas Meltdown of 2015 started slowly. In fact, things were looking mighty good for perennial favorites the Dallas Cowboys when they made the playoffs last January, and they could have gone all the way if it hadn’t been for a controversial call by the refs that cost them
The Tea Party’s pursuit of purity is particularly damaging in Texas
What’s Ahead for Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, George Strait, Jerry Jones and other Texans.
The uncivil war inside the Texas Republican party may be about to break wide open. Elements of the Tea Party are encouraging Tyler congressman Louie Gohmert to challenge U.S. senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary.
On a day that no other U.S. senator was willing to be interviewed on TV about gun rights, Rep. Louie Gohmert joined Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson in calling for more guns in schools.
The headline-grabbing U.S. Representative from Tyler nominated Newt Gingrich to be Speaker of the House. Is he crazy like a fox?
The Tyler congressman took to the floor of the house to declare that President Barack Obama's Middle East policies have brought about the "massive beginning of a new Ottoman Empire."
The Tyler congressman isn't buying Commerce Secretary John Bryson's story that his recent car accident was due to seizures.
The Republican congressman from Tyler says an oil pipeline radiates heat, making it a popular "date" destination for caribou.
