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Brooke Rollins, Scott Turner Among Texans Joining Trump’s Team
These nominations join a growing list of Texans selected for influential roles.
Paxton Passed Over for US AG Slot After Gaetz Withdrawal
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Florida AG Pam Bondi to the position.
Federal Government Blocked From Reinstating Obama-Era Overtime Pay Regulation
The Texas attorney general said another overreaching federal agency has been blocked from unconstitutionally rewriting laws.
Texas Rep.-Elect Brandon Gill Named Freshman Class President of Upcoming US Congress
Gill was one of four incoming Republican members of Congress to be selected for a freshman leadership position.
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Texas Sues Biden Administration to Stop Redefinition of ‘Sex’
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against multiple agencies and individuals in the Biden administration to curb their ploy to redefine the word “sex” in the workplace. In late April of this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a...
Venezuelan Fugitive Crossed in Texas, Arrested in New York
An illegal alien and member of a transnational criminal organization first encountered in Del Rio, Texas, has been arrested on multiple weapons charges in New York City. Venezuelan national Johan Jose Cardenas Silva is a member of the Tren de Aragua transnational...
Border Patrol Data Shows Massive Spike in Known Gotaways Under Biden
A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed that known gotaways have increased drastically since President Joe Biden took office on January 20, 2021. Known gotaways are defined as illegal aliens that are seen or detected by United States Border Patrol agents...
Biden Administration Attempts to Assert Control Over Texas Border Island
After Texas secured Fronton Island from the Mexican cartels, the Biden administration is now saying that the land is federal property. Fronton Island is a 170-acre island situated in the Rio Grande between Starr County and Mexico and is known to be a hotspot for...
Texas Asks Court to Halt Biden’s Title IX Rewrite
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion to halt enforcement of the Biden administration’s Title IX rewrite that allows boys into girls’ spaces, which is set to take effect in August. In April, the Biden administration released a nearly 1,500-page rewrite of...
Political Consultants Enter Plea Deals in US Rep. Cuellar’s Bribery Case
Two former consultants to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar have agreed to plead guilty to assisting the lawmaker in laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Mexican bank. Colin Strother, the South Texas Democrat's former campaign manager, and Florencio "Lencho"...
ANALYSIS: The DOJ Is Trying to Protect Pfizer From a Whistleblower Lawsuit
A high-profile healthcare lawsuit in Beaumont, Texas, is flying under the radar—which is just how the federal government and Pfizer want it. The Department of Justice recently argued that a whistleblower lawsuit against Pfizer, filed by Brook Jackson, should be...
Federal Court Allows Texas’ Media Censorship Case to Continue
A U.S. District Court is allowing a Texas case that accuses the federal government of censoring conservative media companies. Attorney General Ken Paxton first filed the case alongside The Daily Wire, The Federalist, and New Civil Liberties Alliance in December 2023...
Congressman Roy Asks DHS for Updated Number of Illegal Aliens in the US
U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas and 17 other House Republicans have sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayokas asking for a new report showing the number of illegal aliens currently residing in the United States. In April 2021, DHS...