Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears unlikely to gain new powers to prosecute election crimes after the House and Senate failed Saturdayto reach a deadline to work out their differences on ...

The lawsuit alleged this act violated federal law, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton quickly responded that his office would not contest the suit—causing the law to be repealed through a ...

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is being challenged next year by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a fellow Republican. Paxton’s career has been plagued with scandal, yet he has escaped the ...

He was 67. The cause was acute hypoxic respiratory failure, according to the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton. In the 2007 case Panetti v. Quarterman, the U.S. Supreme Court raised the bar for ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says a report by an Austin law firm hired by El Paso ISD to investigate hazing allegations in Franklin High School’s football program ...

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (left) is seeking reelection. He faces a challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton (right) in the 2026 Republican primary. This is a composite of two Associated Press photos.( ...

Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) reelection campaign is facing serious warning signs as polling shows the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) widening his lead in the Republican Senate primary.

Spearheaded by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the lawsuit targets the “Big Three” financial asset managers: BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard. The principal accusation is that the ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton chose not to defend the law and instead sided with the challenge. Without a court argument or student response, a federal judge ordered the program to be shut down.

The effort became known by the acronym DEI, short for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Vilifying those efforts, President Donald Trump and his advisors and a number of state legislatures have ...

The GOP of today is defined by the likes of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has long railed against the Texas Dream Act. Paxton is a central player in the law’s abrupt demise. State lawmakers ...

The seat is currently held by longtime U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who is facing a Republican primary challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton. No Democrats have officially declared for the race.