The senator coordinated with state and local officials while abroad and 'promptly' returned to Texas, his office said.

The Texas senator was visiting the Parthenon in Athens while a massive rescue mission was under way to find flood victims, our must-read newsletter, The Swamp, reveals.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, pictured center, at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece on Saturday, July 5. Cruz’s office said the senator booked the earliest available flight back to Texas when he learned of ...

Ted Cruz was on vacation in Greece as fatal floods unfolded in Texas. The senator returned home on July 6, two days after the ...

Twenty kids dead in Texas and you take a vacation?” someone asked the Texas senator after spotting him abroad.

The Republican senator, who was on a planned family vacation, did not return to his state until 72 hours after the deadly disaster, which his spokeswoman said was as quickly as possible.

Ted Cruz defends Greece vacation timing as Texas floods kill over 100. Senator faced criticism for overseas trip during deadly disaster affecting his home state ...

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz was on a pre-planned vacation in Greece with his family when devastating floods hit central Texas, and he sought to travel back “as fast as humanly possible,” his office said.

The Daily Beast reported that while rescue teams searched floodwaters in Texas, Cruz remained in Greece, continuing to ...

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz was on a pre-planned vacation in Greece with his family when devastating floods hit central Texas, and he sought to travel back “as fast as humanly possible,” his office said ...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was days into a pre-planned vacation to Athens, Greece, when devastating flash floods hit the Texas Hill Country over the Independence Day weekend.