After leaving the state earlier in the week, Sen. Ted Cruz announced via X that he had returned to the state ahead of expected extreme weather.

Why is Ted Cruz leaving Texas before a winter storm? His trip reignited debate tied to a controversial 2021 moment.

In private audio obtained by Axios, Cruz spoke with Republican donors, offering harsh criticism of the president's economy and the VP's friendship with Tucker Carlson

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was photographed on a plane bound for Southern California ahead of a winter storm set to impact his home state.

Sen. Ted Cruz fired back at critics with a snarky response after being slammed for leaving Texas on a work trip to California days before a disastrous winter storm threatened his state. The Republican lawmaker said he returned home to the Lone Start State Friday after receiving flak this week when a photo of him aboard a United Airlines flight to California went viral — nearly five years after he faced calls to resign for flying his family

The third-term lawmaker was photographed boarding a flight to Laguna Beach, California, Tuesday, sparking concerns online that the lawmaker’s controversial history of ditching his constituents (and dog) amid bad weather was morphing into an inevitable bad habit.

Over the weekend, the news website Axios published quotes from secret recordings it obtained of Ted Cruz speaking to donors in 2025. Citing a Republican source for the audio files, Axios described several inflammatory utterings made by the junior senator.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) set the record straight after he was criticized for flying to California on a planned trip ahead of a “catastrophic” winter storm projected to blast through the Lone Star State this weekend.

A photo of Cruz on a flight en route to Laguna Beach, California, went viral on Wednesday after it was shared on social media.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is back in Texas after making headlines — again — for travel aligning with a winter storm in his home state, but is back home ahead of the Artic weather.

Other Texas Republicans have called for the Trump administration to double down on sending immigration officers to Minnesota and blamed Democrats for the violence, while others have remained silent.