Tag: Ken Paxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, makes comments during a news conference.

‘Outrageous and out of touch’: Texas attorney general demands release of woman jailed for operating salon in defiance of lockdown order

Dominick Mastrangelo · May 6, 2020 6:16 pm

Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear speaks to the press at the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020.

Kentucky attorney general calls for temporary ban on abortions amid coronavirus spread

Emma Colton · March 29, 2020 1:42 pm

Mississippi governor wants all abortions banned in state during coronavirus pandemic

Emma Colton · March 25, 2020 2:07 pm

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act protest during a rally at Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 5, 2018.

Federal judge sympathetic to lawsuit to end Obamacare

Robert King · September 5, 2018 7:45 pm

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, makes comments during a news conference.

Federal judge rejects Texas request to stop DACA

Melissa Quinn · August 31, 2018 8:19 pm

Vehicles make their way through flooded streets of Panorama City section of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Seven red states sue Trump administration to end DACA

Melissa Quinn · May 1, 2018 9:40 pm

Federal appeals court upholds Texas voter ID law

Federal appeals court upholds Texas voter ID law

Melissa Quinn · April 27, 2018 10:15 pm

This year's focus in the "1 in 3 Abortion Speakout," #JusticeforJane, refers to the undocumented teen, Jane Moe, who came to the United States last year, illegally, and tried to obtain an abortion. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

The 2018 ‘Abortion Speakout’ was a spectacular fail

Nicole Russell · March 1, 2018 7:32 pm

"I want to encourage all of my many Texas friends to vote in the primary for Governor Greg Abbott, Senator Ted Cruz, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Attorney General Ken Paxton. They are helping me to Make America Great Again! Vote early or on March 6th," President Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump endorses Texas Republicans ahead of primary election

Melissa Quinn · February 27, 2018 6:48 pm

With Texas' appeal, there are now three challenges to state dismemberment abortion bans pending in the appellate courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Beltway Confidential

Federal judge rules that gruesome form of abortion is constitutional

Margot Cleveland · November 24, 2017 4:11 pm

President Trump recently said that churches should receive funding from FEMA similar to other nonprofits. (Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Via AP)

Gov. Greg Abbott writes Trump a letter requesting FEMA funding for Texas churches

Kara Zupkus · September 20, 2017 10:07 pm

Tennessee is leaving an alliance of 10 states suing the federal government over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Tennessee pulls out of potential lawsuit against DACA

Anna Giaritelli · September 1, 2017 9:34 pm