Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit on Friday to pursue judicial declarations that 13 seats held by runaway House Democrats have been vacated due to continued unlawful absences. The move comes after many House Democrats refused orders to return to the Texas Capitol to resume their duties in the called special session.
As the 1 p.m. deadline for a quorum call came and went, Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows announced a series of actions to hit House Democrats in their pocketbooks.
The deadline for jet-setting Texas House Democrats to return to the Capitol and resume their duties looms at 1 p.m. CDT on Friday. Texas officials warn that if the legislators do not return to work, their seats will be vacated,
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is the latest Democrat to performatively threaten retaliatory redistricting, despite her state’s congressional delegation consisting of zero Republicans to remove. Healey joined leftwing Democrat Govs. Gavin Newsom (CA), JB Pritzker (IL), Kathy Hochul (NY), and others
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the investigation into whether Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s political group’s contributions to the House Democratic Caucus members are breaking the law. The investigation could lead to bribery charges if the State can prove the group is paying legislators not to exercise their vote on the measure to redistrict Texas’s congressional seats.
Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) authored an opinion piece this week accusing Texas Republicans of orchestrating a “legal insurrection” through their proposed mid-decade redistricting plan. The op-ed, which highlights growing interstate political tensions, followed efforts by Texas Democrats to block the GOP-favored map by fleeing the state.
Governor Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit Tuesday night with the Texas Supreme Court seeking to begin the process for the removal of House Democrat Caucus Chairman Gene Wu and others. The Chairman, along with most of his Democrat House colleagues, fled the state to block a quorum in protest of the GOP’s efforts to carry out congressional seat redistricting.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a press release revealing that he would be seeking “judicial orders declaring that runaway Democrats who fail to appear by the Speaker’s deadline have vacated their office.” The press release added that Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows had given Democrats a deadline of Friday, August 8, by which to “return to Texas and present themselves before the House.”
A motion to issue arrest warrants for the dozens of Texas Democrat legislators who fled the state Sunday to prevent their Republican colleagues from voting on a congressional redistricting map has been passed by the state’s House of Representatives.
Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives fled the state on Sunday to prevent their Republican colleagues from voting on a redrawn map of the congressional districts.
Media Matters for America, the far-left censorship group that spent decades smearing conservatives, is reportedly on the verge of implosion.
The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed for divorce in Collin County, Texas, on Thursday. Angela Paxton, a popular Texas state senator, alleges adultery as a fault ground in the divorce petition. In a statement on social media, she also cited “recent discoveries.”
President Trump recently met with Senate GOP leaders including Sen. John Thune and officials from the Senate Leadership Fund to discuss key 2026 races, including the high-stakes Texas showdown between Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton. According to a source familiar with the meeting, the White House is closely monitoring the primary but has yet to intervene, reportedly waiting to see whether Paxton can close the polling gap before weighing in.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is clobbering incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in poll after poll ahead of next year’s Senate primary in the Lone Star State. Paxton revealed the secret on Breitbart News Saturday.
Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) Second Amendment weakness, the result of his high profile support for gun control under Joe Biden, is hampering his reelection prospects.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is facing worsening poll numbers should he choose to run for reelection in 2026.
Officials with the Texas House of Representatives asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to leave the House Floor during a session on Tuesday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of a Venezuelan illegal alien who he says killed an 18-year-old woman in a hit-and-run crash over the Memorial Day weekend. The victim was on a kayak when she was allegedly struck and killed by the illegal alien operating a jet ski. Police also arrested an illegal alien male who reportedly helped her flee the scene in a vehicle, which had committed another hit-and-run while escaping.
TX AG Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into U.S. Master’s Swimming for allowing a transgender athlete to compete against women.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is being pressured via lawsuits from five district attorneys in his state who are pushing back against one of Paxton’s rules.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) might be insurmountably behind Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in the primary to keep his seat, a poll shows.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a primary challenge against the Lone State state’s longtime Sen. John Cornyn in what might shape up to be an ugly battle.
Two people have been arrested in Texas for allegedly performing illegal abortions and illegally operating a network of clinics in Northwest Houston.
Idaho lawmakers are debating a law similar to one in Texas that would allow local police to arrest illegal migrants and would make it a crime for unauthorized entry into the state.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) for deceptive marketing practices in advertising sporting events as women’s competitions and then allowing males to compete.
Texas is suing a New York doctor for allegedly sending abortion pills to a woman in the state, which resulted in the death of an unborn child and serious complications for the mother, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced.
Scott Presler, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Rep. Byron Donalds, and more conservative leaders peak at Turning Point’s Americafest in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday, December 21.
Republicans in Congress are circling the wagons to support a Texas law to shield children from “one of the largest public health crises of the digital age: internet pornography.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing an El Paso doctor for allegedly providing gender transition drugs to minors illegally.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said Tuesday he is suing the Biden-Harris administration over 450,000 “potentially ineligible” voters.
A group of business leaders is suing Texas officials for prohibiting the government from contracting firms that boycott energy companies.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is opening an investigation into reports that organizations may be registering illegal immigrants to vote.
The state of Texas has filed a lawsuit against General Motors, accusing the automaker of installing technology in over 14 million vehicles to collect driver data it could then sell to insurers and other companies without consent.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter Wednesday to the City of Dallas informing them they have 15 days to withdraw the gun ban statement issued by the State Fair of Texas.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced he has won a $1.4 billion settlement from Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta over privacy-related concerns involving Facebook capturing Texan users’ facial and biometric data without their knowledge or consent.
The Texas Supreme Court rejected the claim that exceptions to the state’s abortion law are confusing, telling doctors to follow the law.
Media Matters, a nonprofit organization that smears conservatives, laid off dozens of employees, citing its legal battle with Elon Musk.
Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) joined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in suing Biden’s ATF over the new rule requiring background checks on private gun sales.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration over its Title IX rewrite, which pushes transgender ideology.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton cut a plea deal with prosecutors that could lead to the dismissal of the felony securities fraud charges. Prosecutors indicted Paxton on the charges in 2015.
