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NW Roanoke shooting leaves three teens hospitalized

Three teens were hospitalized after a shooting in Northwest Roanoke Friday night, according to the Roanoke Police Department.

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NW Roanoke shooting leaves three teens hospitalized

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Texas AG sues Biden admin over illegal immigration rule 'increasing burden' on taxpayers

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration over a rule that he says places a burden on American taxpayers which is a result of illegal immigration.

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U.S. judge halts Biden attempt to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

A U.S. judge issued a stay order on the Biden administration’s effort to terminate the immigration policy while court challenges by Texas and Missouri continue.

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Texas Creates Chilling Registry of 16,000 People Who Changed Genders on Their Driver's Licenses

Earlier this year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) office requested the state Department of Public Safety to compile a list of transgender residents in the state, a DPS official confirmed to the Washington Post in a Wednesday report. A spokesperson for DPS told the Post that Paxton’s office made “a verbal request” calling for the total number of Texans who had changed the gender on their driver’s licenses or in other government records within the past two years.

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Texas attorney general’s office sought state data on transgender Texans

The effort to obtain data came as Attorney General Ken Paxton, Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders have marshaled resources against transgender Texans.

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Texas attorney general sues Biden admin over state’s ability to work with faith-based organizations

Texas is filing a lawsuit against the Biden administration to ensure that the state is not compelled to discriminate against faith-based adoption and foster-care services.

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Supreme Court divided on Biden vs. Texas clash on immigration enforcement

The Supreme Court sounded divided over a clash between President Biden and the state of Texas involving immigration enforcement.

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New state voter fraud units finding few cases from midterms

State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.

High-profile attorney general races pit abortion against crime

In this year’s tightest contests, Democrats have focused on reproductive rights, while Republicans have emphasized public safety.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces agreement with CVS over opioid settlement

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured $237 million in a agreement with CVS Pharmacy for its role in contributing to the nationwide opioid epidemic.

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‘Little individual dictators’: Texas AG calls out prosecutors who ignore abortion laws

Elected prosecutors operating outside the rule of law threaten the country's safety as a constitutional republic, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says.

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Texas accuses Google of collecting people's facial and voice data without their consent

State's attorney general alleges the search giant is illegally capturing and commercializing individual biometric data

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Texas AG sues Google for over facial and voice data collection

The complaint underscores the role of individual states in protecting users' information on the internet in the absence of a federal privacy law.

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Biden nominates 7 for US attorney, judge and marshal slots

The Biden administrating is putting forth seven new Justice Department and judicial nominations covering three U.S. attorney’s offices in Texas and other senior posts.

Judge rules new DACA program can continue temporarily

A federal judge has ruled that the current version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children can continue, at least temporarily.

Elon Musk ‘wants free speech to reign on the internet’: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Elon Musk would likely push for more free speech on Twitter should the Tesla CEO purchase Twitter, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, said.

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George and Amal Clooney talk first impressions of each other

Amal and George Clooney join “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King in the studio for an exclusive interview on their eighth wedding anniversary.

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Ken Paxton heroically runs from subpoena. Here's a new political ad embracing his bravery.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fleeing a subpoena shows the Republican Party’s new approach to law and order: Consequences for thee, not for me.

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Judge rules that Texas AG who ran away from being served a subpoena won't have to testify in abortion lawsuit

"Top executive officials should not be called to testify absent extraordinary circumstances," the motion from Judge Robert Pitman said, CNN reported.

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Texas, Arizona AGs: Border crisis a ‘planned disaster’ by Biden admin, hurting the entire country

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich joined "The Faulkner Focus" to discuss how they have tacked the border crisis in their states.

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Exploring Ken Paxton’s idiosyncratic view of the law

The Texas attorney general's effort to avoid a process server is only the latest example.

washingtonpost.com

Records: Texas attorney general fled home to avoid subpoena

Court documents say Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ran out of his house and jumped into a truck driven by his wife, a state senator, to avoid being served a subpoena in an abortion access case.

Texas AG Ken Paxton fled home with his wife to avoid subpoena in abortion case, court filing says

Paxton was subpoenaed to testify in a civil lawsuit from Texas-based nonprofits that want to resume helping pregnant residents obtain out-of-state abortions.

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Texas AG denies he ‘ran’ to avoid subpoenas, says he felt threatened

A process server claimed Monday that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) ran to avoid subpoenas in an ongoing lawsuit concerning out-of-state abortion access.

washingtonpost.com

Texas AG Ken Paxton fires back at critics over claims he fled home to avoid subpoena

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton disputed a report that he fled his home to avoid being served a subpoena regarding an abortion rights lawsuit, claiming that he felt unsafe.

foxnews.com

GOP attorneys general back Trump in court fight over Mar-a-Lago documents

Ken Paxton of Texas and 10 other state attorneys general argued in an amicus brief that the Biden administration could not be trusted.

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Judge dismisses disciplinary case against Texas AG's deputy

A Texas judge has thrown out a lawsuit that the state bar brought seeking to discipline the top deputy to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the Republican's failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud. Judge John Youngblood dismissed the case against First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster with prejudice last week, ruling that his court lacks jurisdiction over the petition brought by State Bar of Texas under the “separation of powers doctrine." The ruling is a partial victory for Paxton as he seeks a third term as Texas' top lawyer against Democratic challenger Rochelle Garza.

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Texas appeals after court blocks some transgender child welfare probes

The immediate appeal of the injunction by Tx. Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) allowed the state to continue its controversial child-abuse investigations.

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Ken Paxton: Greg Abbott sending migrants to sanctuary states is 'genius' and highlights Democrats' 'hypocrisy'

Attorney General Ken Paxton R-TX., weighed in on the Democrats' response to Gov. Ron DeSantis sending immigrants to Martha's Vineyard on "Hannity."

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Ken Paxton, Pam Bondi fire back at Gavin Newsom: 'What Biden is doing is illegal'

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) joined "Fox & Friends" to discuss how the Biden administration has abandoned securing the border.

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Texas governor pushes back on raising gun age after Uvalde

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing back on calls by Uvalde families for new gun control measures in Texas in wake of the Robb Elementary School massacre.

Supreme Court climate ruling could impact nuclear waste case

The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on climate change could have implications for a range of other issues, including a case involving nuclear waste storage and a proposal requiring companies to disclose how climate risk affects their businesses.

Federal judge strikes down Texas handgun age restriction

A federal judge has struck down one of Texas’ few remaining firearm restrictions, finding a law that barred adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun was unconstitutional.

Three more GOP-led states enact abortion 'trigger laws'

Three more Republican-led states banned almost all abortions this week.

Abortion is shaking up state attorney general races — and exposing limits to their powers

"People are outraged about this, and you can feel it in the air," said Kris Mayes, a Democrat running for attorney general in Arizona.

cbsnews.com

Cheney's defeat end of an era for GOP; Trump's party now

Liz Cheney’s resounding election defeat marks the end of an era for the Republican Party.

Texas sues Biden administration over requirement that hospitals perform abortions in emergencies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed the new guidance would "transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in abortion clinic."

cbsnews.com

Texas sues Biden admin for requiring abortions in medical emergencies

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration over federal guidance that requires hospitals provide abortions to save patients in life-threatening emergencies.

washingtonpost.com

Texas sues to block Biden from requiring doctors to provide abortions in medical emergencies

Three days before the Texas lawsuit, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told hospitals and physicians they have to provide abortions in medical emergencies.

cnbc.com

Pregnant woman given HOV ticket argues fetus is passenger, post-Roe

Brandy Bottone was recently driving down Central Expressway in Dallas when she was stopped by a sheriff at an HOV checkpoint to see whether drivers had at least one passenger in their vehicles.

washingtonpost.com

Ousters, upsets halfway through 2022 primary election season

More than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered verdicts in a number of contests, many of which featured candidates arguing they best represented a continuation of policies favored by former President Donald Trump.

After Roe vs. Wade reversal, a new war between the states

Red states and blue states are further apart than ever politically.

latimes.com

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order allowing the procedure to resume in some cases.

npr.org

Texas Clinics Halt Abortions After State High Court Ruling

On Saturday, the American Civil Liberties Union said it doubted that any abortions were now being provided in the state.

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Texas Clinics Halt Abortions After State High Court Ruling

On Saturday, the American Civil Liberties Union said it doubted that any abortions were now being provided in the state.

newsy.com

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

Clinics are shutting down abortion services in Texas after the Supreme Court in the nation's second-largest state blocked an order that briefly allowed the procedure to resume in some cases.

Texas AG says he’d defend sodomy law if Supreme Court revisits 2003 ruling

When asked whether the Texas legislature would pass a sodomy law, and if he would defend it and bring it to the Supreme Court, Attorney General Ken Paxton suggested he would be comfortable supporting a law outlawing intimate same-sex relationships.

washingtonpost.com

Texas woman pleads guilty on 26 counts of voter fraud over alleged vote harvesting operation

A Texas woman pleaded guilty to voter fraud, including counts for illegal voting, unlawful possession of a mail ballot, and running a vote-harvesting operation.

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Election deniers quiet on fraud claims after primary wins

Dozens of Republican candidates who sought Donald Trump’s endorsement have spent months parroting the former president's baseless claims of 2020 election fraud.

Judge blocks Texas investigating families of trans youth

A Texas judge has temporarily blocked the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender confirming care.

Holly Clouse, who went missing as a baby, found over 40 years after her parents were murdered in Texas

A baby who has been missing since her parents were found dead in a wooded area in Houston in 1981 has been found, Texas authorities announced.

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Holly Clouse, who went missing as a baby, found over 40 years after her parents were murdered in Texas

A baby who has been missing since her parents were found dead in a wooded area in Houston in 1981 has been found, Texas authorities announced.

cbsnews.com

Another Texas lawsuit aims to block abuse investigations into parents of transgender kids

The mother of one of the teens said her son attempted suicide and was hospitalized the day Gov. Abbott issued his directive.

cbsnews.com

Reports: Twitter to provide Musk with raw daily tweet data

Twitter plans to offer Elon Musk access to its “firehose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets in an effort to push forward the Tesla billionaire’s agreed-to $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform, according to multiple news reports.

Texas AG strides into Twitter takeover drama to bolster Musk

State officials across the nation have taken on Big Tech companies in the courts and state legislatures, and federal regulators have nipped at Twitter over alleged violations of users’ data privacy.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launches Twitter bots probe after Musk's public complaints

Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, is investigating Twitter over its reported user numbers.

cnbc.com

The Trailer: Establishment wins, surging turnout and burning Bushes: Takeaways from this week’s primaries

In this edition: Lessons from all of May's primaries, redistricting madness drags into Memorial Day weekend, and the director of Justice Democrats lays out their new strategy to replace centrists.

washingtonpost.com

Texas bar seeks to punish state Attorney General Ken Paxton for election lawsuit

The state bar is suing Paxton over his petition to the Supreme Court to block Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

cbsnews.com

Texas bar seeks to punish AG Ken Paxton for election lawsuit

The State Bar of Texas sued Wednesday to punish state Attorney General Ken Paxton for his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud, raising a new legal danger for the Republican the day after he secured his party's nomination for a third term. The state bar asked a Dallas-area court to impose unspecified discipline on the state's top lawyer, alleging that Paxton's petitioning of the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Joe Biden’s victory was “dishonest.” The formal accusation of professional misconduct makes Paxton one of the highest-profile attorneys to face a potential threat to their law license for a role in former President Donald Trump’s effort to delegitimize his defeat.

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Five Things to Learn From Tuesday’s Primaries

Republican voters really, truly, aren’t Trump zombies, but the GOP does reflect the former president’s brand of anti-democratic radicalism.

washingtonpost.com

School massacre continues Texas' grim run of mass shootings

The gunman who killed 19 elementary school children and two teachers in Texas added to the state's grim recent history of mass shootings.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, endorsed by Trump, wins Republican primary

In a runoff primary election with George P. Bush, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pulled off a win. Paxton is embattled in legal issues but easily won over his Republican rival.

npr.org

Takeaways: Trump's big defeat; election denial backfiring

Former President Donald Trump’s crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries despite rejecting Trump’s entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.

Midterm updates | Nguyen in runoff in Democratic SoS primary

State Rep. Bee Nguyen is advancing to a runoff in the Democratic primary for Georgia secretary of state.

2022 Midterms: What To Watch In Georgia, Texas, Elsewhere

Voters in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota are heading to the polls Tuesday.

newsy.com

2022 Midterms: What To Watch In Georgia, Texas, Elsewhere

Voters in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota are heading to the polls Tuesday.

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Bush political dynasty to be tested in Texas runoff and other races to watch

In Alabama, former President Trump pulled his endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks in the Senate race.

cbsnews.com

2022 midterms: What to watch in Georgia, Texas, elsewhere

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday’s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Seven years later, still no trial for Texas AG Ken Paxton

Not many people charged with felony crimes go seven years without ever standing trial. One of them is Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. All the while, other clouds have gathered over Paxton: the FBI is investigating him over separate accusations of corruption, and the State Bar of Texas is weighing possible reprimands over his attempts to baselessly overturn the 2020 election.

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Cornyn: Texas AG Ken Paxton's legal woes an 'embarrassment'

Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas on Thursday blasted one of his party's top leaders back home, calling the mounting pile of accusations and legal woes Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an “embarrassment" just days before a primary runoff election. Paxton, who is within reach of winning the GOP nomination to seek a third term Tuesday, has been under state felony indictment since 2015 on securities fraud charges and is separately being investigated by the FBI after his top deputies accused him of corruption. “This is the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Texas and it’s a source of embarrassment to me that that has been unresolved,” Cornyn told reporters.

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Mixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations

The Texas Supreme Court is allowing the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse.

Possible overturning of Roe sends abortion fight to states

The bombshell leak of a draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark Roe v.

Caseworkers: Texas order on trans kids handled differently

Some child welfare workers in Texas say they’re quitting over a new directive that allows abuse investigations into parents of transgender kids.

Pro-Trump Ohio candidates realize endorsement may never come

Ohio’s crowded Republican Senate race has been all about one man: Donald Trump.

Texas judge temporarily blocks investigations into parents of transgender kids

A Texas judge on Friday issued an injunction against enforcement of the governor’s order to investigate gender-affirming care as child abuse, handing opponents of the policy a temporary victory.

Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents

A Texas judge is blocking the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth.

Lawsuit: Texas investigating parents of transgender youth

The parents of a transgender teenager in Texas say in a lawsuit that the state is investigating them after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered officials to look into reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse.

Texas primary sets up Abbott-O'Rourke race as midterms begin

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season.

2022 midterm elections: What to know ahead of Texas' primary

The 2022 midterm election season opens Tuesday in Texas.

Texas primary is George P. Bush's biggest test yet in GOP

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In trans people, GOP candidates find latest 'wedge issue'

Political observers say Republican candidates are using transgender people as a classic “wedge issue” as 2022 campaigns heat up.

Texas governor order treats gender-confirming care as abuse

Texas Gov_ Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as “child abuse."

Texas opens 2022's first primary under stricter voting rules

Early voting in the first primary of the 2022 midterm elections are underway in Texas.

Canada pushes back against GOP support for COVID protests

Canada’s public safety minister says U.S. officials should stay out of the country’s domestic affairs.

State AG races become litmus test for GOP election claims

Races for state attorneys general are emerging as important battlegrounds this year as Republicans seek to expand their reach in the office sometimes referred to as “the people's lawyer.”.

Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states' Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status.

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales.

Texas congressman joins GOP race for attorney general

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has joined the crowded field of Republicans mounting primary challenges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Voting lawsuit keeps Texas, Biden administration at odds

A lawsuit over new voting laws in Texas is bringing the state into court once again with the Biden administration.

Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions

The Biden administration is suing Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democrats.

19 states sue Biden administration over COVID vaccine rule

Nineteen states are now suing to block President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

US appeals court lets Texas resume ban on most abortions

A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nation’s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas.

Texas judge says abortions can resume, but future uncertain

Abortions in Texas can resume under a federal judge’s ruling, but for how long.

Abortions resume in some Texas clinics after judge halts law

Abortions have resumed in at least six Texas clinics after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. Amy Hagstrom Miller is the president of Whole Woman's Health, which has four clinics in Texas.

Senate hopeful flexes power of AG's office through lawsuits

A U.S. Senate candidate in Missouri, Republican state Attorney General Eric Schmitt, is flexing the power of his office by filing a slew of lawsuits, including against Democratic cities and schools to stop mask mandates.

Mask debate moves from school boards to courtrooms

The often-heated debate over whether returning students should wear masks in the classroom has moved from school boards to courtrooms.

The Latest: SF requires full vaccination for indoor activity

San Francisco has become the first major city in the nation to require proof of full vaccination against the coronavirus for people to dine inside restaurants, work out in gyms or attend indoor concerts.

Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions amid surge

A surge of COVID-19 cases is prompting federal courts to impose new restrictions and requirements for mask-wearing and vaccinations.

The Latest: Florida reports 21,683 new cases of COVID-19

Florida has reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday.

Texas attorney general says bar probe is unconstitutional

Lawyers for Texas’ embattled attorney general have asked the state bar association to drop its investigation into whether the Republican’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.

AP Exclusive: State bar investigating Texas attorney general

The Texas bar association has opened an investigation into whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.

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