Posted on · Houston Matters' political experts discuss the latest national, state, and local political stories -- with an eye for how they might affect Houston and Texas.
Posted on · The Wichita Falls native's departure comes after a year of escalating tensions between Tillerson and President Donald Trump.
Posted on · White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said a meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will only happen once the country shows a commitment to denuclearization
Posted on · Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke at his alma mater, UT-Austin, on Thursday
Posted on · After trading bellicose barbs with North Korea throughout 2017, the U.S. heads into 2018 with an increasingly capable foe and no clear diplomatic exit ramps to temper the tensions
Posted on · A senior administration official who spoke recently with Tillerson says the former Exxon Mobil CEO felt secure in his position
Posted on · Amid ongoing turmoil at the State Department, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison supported her boss, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in an interview Thursday night
Posted on · "In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say 'Stop, or I'll say stop again.'" - Comedian, Robin Williams
Posted on · State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert says the White House, State Department and Pentagon are all in agreement.
Posted on · North Korea is blaming the United States and threatening "something thousands of times worse" in response to a package of sanctions that the U.N. Security Council passed unanimously over the weekend.
Posted on · News of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's trip to Russia emerged on the same day FBI Director James Comey said his agency is investigating possible coordination between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
Posted on · From President Trump’s cabinet appointees being confirmed (one requiring a tie-breaking vote in the Senate from the Vice President), to the Texas Senate beginning action on Gov. Abbott’s emergency items, including a preliminary vote Tuesday on a bill to ban so-called “sanctuary cities,” we break down recent political news and discuss how it all could impact […]
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to our rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week, our panel weighs in on […]
Posted on · Rex Tillerson, the former oil company CEO, will now head America's foreign policy, as skeptical diplomats wait for what's next.
Posted on · The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to begin confirmation hearings for Tillerson as secretary of state next week.