Tag: Ken Paxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton arrives with former President Donald Trump at Manhattan criminal court before Trump's trial in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

Texas Supreme Court delays decision on Abbott and Paxton’s request to eject Democrats from office

Annabella Rosciglione · August 12, 2025 1:17 pm

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, walks to board a bus to the White House with other Senate Republicans for a meeting with President Donald Trump on his spending and tax bill, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Senate GOP PAC prepares to spend millions defending Cornyn in Texas primary

Rachel Schilke · August 12, 2025 12:52 pm

Texas judge blocks Beto O’Rourke from financially aiding fugitive state lawmakers

Brady Knox · August 8, 2025 10:57 pm

Accompanied by California and Texas lawmakers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, discusses the push to schedule a special election to redraw California's Congressional voting districts, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California charges forward with counter-plan to Texas redistricting: ‘They drew first blood’

Rachel Schilke · August 8, 2025 8:54 pm

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) leaves a Republican meeting where House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is proposing a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.

Chip Roy eyes Texas attorney general run as Paxton challenges Cornyn

Rachel Schilke · August 8, 2025 2:47 pm

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks.

Paxton demands Illinois court enforce arrest of Democrats who left Texas

David Zimmermann · August 7, 2025 10:28 pm

Paxton targets Soros-backed PAC for allegedly funding Texas Democrats who left state

David Zimmermann · August 7, 2025 8:07 pm

Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during a town hall, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, at University of Nebraska Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

Paxton to investigate whether O’Rourke group financed Texas Democrats who left state

David Zimmermann · August 6, 2025 5:55 pm

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday , Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Cornyn and Paxton seek punishments for Texas Democrats skipping redistricting session

Rachel Schilke · August 5, 2025 4:59 pm

Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, gestures as he walks to the podium to speak on the first day of the Republican National Convention, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee.

Texas Republicans eye Wesley Hunt for Senate amid fears Paxton-Cornyn battle doomed

Emily Hallas · August 5, 2025 11:40 am

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday , Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Why the Lone Star State could have a ‘bigger than Texas-sized’ role in 2026

Lauren Green · August 4, 2025 6:00 am

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks before a microphone.

Abbott threatens Texas Democrats with removal from office if they don’t return by Monday

Zach LaChance · August 4, 2025 12:11 am