Modern Texas was originally part of a larger territory, Coahuila y Tejas—one of the states of Mexico, which became a nation in 1821 after gaining its independence from Spain. After Texas gained its independence from Mexico, the Republic of Texas...

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YOU MIGHT THINK America's rigged system of congressional elections couldn't get much worse. Self-serving redistricting schemes nationwide already have left an overwhelming number of seats in the House of Representatives so uncompetitive that election results are practically as preordained as in the old Soviet...

Texas state officials have begun to take notice of a separatist militia movement that claims to have declared independence from the US. The group, known as the Republic of Texas, is based in a small town in the Davis Mountains. A government conspiracy theory...

Today is Friday, March 2, the 61st day of 2007. There are 304 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 2, 1877, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden...

Just two months before he perished defending the Alamo, Davy Crockett described to his daughter and son-in-law the land he treasured enough to die for its independence."I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world,"...