TEXAS, USA — The concept of Texas seceding from the United States has been around since statehood. But this time, it feels a bit different. More than 150 Republican candidates and officeholders signed ...

A movement advocating for Texas to secede from the US is gaining attention. The movement's de facto leader told BI that Texans are "sick and tired of being crushed." Critics argue that secession is ...

Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry is invoking the threat of Texas secession over the stimulus bill. (Not to be outdone, former Republican House Majority Leader Tom Delay has joined in, albeit in ...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley recently said she believes that states should have the right to do what their residents want to do — even if that means seceding from the United States.

Texas has the right to secede from the U.S. if its citizens decide to do so, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley argued on Wednesday -- a controversial view that contradicts centuries of ...

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott introduced his fellow governor from Tennessee this week at a border press conference, his words made reference to a bedrock piece of Lone State lore. "Now, I'm going to ...

Cohen is the author of the new book Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle for a More Unjust America It’s beginning to feel a lot like the 1860s — and not just because Steven Spielberg ...

The Texas GOP is pushing for the state to hold a referendum in 2023 to determine if it should "reassert its status as an independent nation." ...

It was snowing when I drove my family one hour to a Best Western hotel on the outskirts of Manchester, New Hampshire, in March for the Free State Project’s annual pro-liberty conference, Liberty Forum ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott displays a signed border security bill on June 08, 2023 in Austin Credit - Brandon Bell—Getty Images This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up ...