In the News: U.S. and Texas Politics

This week, Daron Shaw and Eric McDaniel discuss the Supreme Court vacancy, immigration and Mexico's election.

This week, Shaw and McDaniel discuss immigration policy, Texas elections, and re-districting.

This week, Shaw and McDaniel discuss immigration policy, rank-choice voting, and Harvard's admission policy.

This week, Shaw and McDaniel discuss the Cake Case, the G7 summit and the 2018 primary elections.

This week, Shaw and McDaniel discuss the Texas interpretations of Article IV of the Constitution, the National Anthem and NFL kneeling, and state gambling laws.

This week, Daron and Eric discuss the threat that North Korea poses to the U.S., Trump’s shift in focus from the ACA repeal, racial issues in America, and the place of politics in academia.

This week, Shaw and McDaniel discuss the failure of the ACA repeal, the debt ceiling and its political implications, the bathroom bill, global issues in Turkey and Venezuela, and much more.

This week, Daron and Eric discuss the ACA Repeal Vote, the Texas Senate Special Session, and how to read news articles closely to make sure they're not spinning the truth.

This week Daron and Eric discuss the death of the healthcare reform bill in the Senate, unified government gridlock, Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russia, student loan class action lawsuits, Air BnB and much more.

This week Daron and Eric discuss G20, the Syrian ceasefire, healthcare reform, the Texas legislature special session, and much more.

This week Daron and Eric discuss healthcare, the 2018 midterm elections, CNN, Game of Thrones, and much more.

Eric and Daron are joined by Dr. Josh Blank to discuss what Trump voters think of the President’s job so far, public opinion polling, special House elections, a re-districting case in the Supreme Court, and much more.

Shaw and McDaniel discuss American politics, Russian meddling, the human toll of mass shootings, populism, interest rates, tax rates, and eyebrow threading regulations.

Shaw and McDaniel discuss American politics and the special session of the Texas 2017 Legislature.

Shaw and McDaniel discuss the Russia-Trump connection, governmental checks and balances, recent Supreme Court decisions, and state government vs. local government policies.

Shaw and McDaniel discuss the Democratic National Convention, political polling, and the recent legislation in Massachusetts on equal pay.

Shaw and McDaniel take a look at updates on the Democratic and Republican national conventions, healthcare mergers, voter ID laws in Texas, and Michael Jordan's recent donation.

Eric and Dr. Josh Blank focus on funding concerns for Zika and the opioid crisis, Trump's VP announcment, the GOP convention, and the latest updates in Baton Rouge, LA.

Shaw and McDaniel take a look at updates on the campaign trail, relations between police and black communities, and the recent tragedy in Dallas.

Drs. Shaw and McDaniel discuss gun control, recent rulings by the Supreme Court and the Brexit vote (could Texas be next?).

Drs. Shaw and McDaniel discuss gun control, why Bernie Sanders is still an active candidate, women having to register for the draft, and the arguments between the Federal and State powers over immigration.

Professors Daron Shaw and Eric McDaniel discuss the political response following the Orlando mass shooting as well as the lawsuits filed against the state of Delaware by other states.

McDaniel and Blank discuss Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic presidential nomination, Donald Trump's new campaign style, Trump's comments on federal judges and how other Republicans are handling these comments, the decision by the State of Texas to end their case against Trump University, and the chances of Hillary Clinton winning the state of Texas in November.

Shaw and McDaniel discuss the Democratic presidential primary, Hillary Clinton's emails and Obama's legacy.

McDaniel and Henson discuss Donald Trump's triumph in the 2016 GOP presidential primary, Ted Cruz's very bad, terrible week, the politics of ride sharing and local government, and how good a comedian President Obama is when he gets the chance.

McDaniel and Henson look at the Trump seep in Tuesday's primaries, Clinton's growing lead over Sanders, changes in US currency, Obama's abuse of executive power when it comes to pop culture, and John Cornyn's diss of Ted Cruz.

McDaniel and Henson talk about the Trump and Clinton victories in the New York primaries, with special attention to hot sauce and the Clinton's fascinating relationship with African-American voters. The discussion then turns to the Supreme Court and immigration, and the raft of political corruption investigations in Texas.

McDaniel and Henson take a look at the delegate counts in the 2016 presidential nomination races, then look at the campaigns efforts in New York. After talking about the Clintons' relationship with African American voters -- it's complicated, to say the least -- they check in on the state of play in filling the vacancy on the US Supreme Court and have a look at the politics of taxing feminine hygiene products.

Henson and McDaniel look at the Sanders & Cruz victories in the Wisconsin presidential primaries and Donald Trump's continuing problems with women voters. Also: A look at the spate of "religious freedom" coming out of Republican-dominated states, most recently Mississippi and North Carolina, and the Supreme Court's surprisingly unanimous decision in Evenwal v Abbott.

McDaniel and Henson take a deep dive into the week in presidential politics that might have been about foreign policy and counter-terrorism, but instead was about trading Donald Trump and Ted Cruz trading insults about their wives -- and a story in the National Enquirer.

A quick round up of results in the the 2016 presidential nominating contests is followed by discussion of the stop Trump movement, which is a sequeway into clearing up some of the terms being thrown around in commentary on the election -- specifically, socialism, communism, fascism, and populism. Excerpts include audio from the usual suspects -- Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders -- as well as audio footage of Texas governor Pappy O'Daniel.

McDaniel & Henson look at the previous nights primary results, especially Michigan. They then look at the potential politics of the Zika virus in the U.S., and the ongoing dispute between Apple and the U.S. government. They wrap up with a look at a couple of the quirkier results of the primary election in Texas, particularly the new chairman of the Travis County Republican Party.

McDaniel and Henson look at the results of Super Tuesday.

McDaniel and Henson look at nominating contest results in South Carolina and Nevada, the courting of black voters by Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and the presidential nomination numbers from the just released University of Texas/ Texas Tribune Poll.

McDaniel and Henson discuss the death of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Scalia, and the institutional and political factors shaping the process of filling the vacancy on the court created by his departure from the court.

McDaniel and Henson look at Bernie Sanders' shellacking of Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary, and sort through the Trump-led but otherwise muddled GOP presidential field after voting in the Granite State. Plus a look at different levels of government as well as politics in collision in Flint, Michigan as residents continue to endure dangerous levels of lead in the water supply.

Eric and Jim look at presidential primary results in Iowa and the shape of the contests in both parties, with particular attention to the social pressure tactics used by the Cruz and Rubio campaigns in Iowa. Plus: Eric looks at how Ted Cruz's discussion of Obamacare points to larger issues of truthfulness in the presidential campaign in both parties.

McDaniel and Henson catch up with the 2016 Presidential Primary contests with looks at the Democratic Town Hall Meeting and the politics of endorsements in the GOP nomination race. Then they look at the national attention paid the surprising indictment of anti-abortion operatives in Houston and the politics of the indictment in Texas.

We review the Republican and Democratic primaries and the reaction to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's "Texas Plan" for the US Constitution.