Lawmakers are pushing congressional leaders to take greater steps to ensure their safety as they confront the growing risk of violence.

The results from a city-wide survey, are among the first challenges a new Dallas city council is set to address this week.

One person was killed Sunday night in Dallas' Deep Ellum Cultural District, and visitors dealt with more gunfire hours later.

During a bill signing in Denton, Abbott said there was a person on the capitol grounds with a gun on Saturday who “seemingly had the intent to do harm to a legislator." ...