Ken Paxton

A wealthy donor whose relationship with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the subject of an FBI investigation played a role in the renovation of Paxton’s million-dollar home, according to court documents filed Thursday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent years dodging legal and public relations blows that might have knocked others out of politics.

The announcement follows a separate complaint from the Department of Justice claiming Google has illegally maintained a monopoly in online general search.

Those states — Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia — have all certified their Electoral College votes to Joe Biden over President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump defeated Joe Biden in the popular vote of all of those states, but one of Nebraska’s electoral votes was won by Biden.

Trump said he will join Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s long-shot effort at the Supreme Court to reverse Joe Biden’s victory in the election.

Texas’ suit argues that results in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin, which President-elect Joe Biden won, should be declared unconstitutional.

The FBI is investigating allegations that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton broke the law in using his office to benefit a wealthy donor, according to two people with knowledge of the probe.

A Republican congressman from Texas became the most prominent member of his party to call for the resignation of the state’s Republican attorney general, following revelations that Ken Paxton’s top deputies reported him to law enforcement for alleged crimes including bribery and abuse of office.

In the last two weeks, Chick-fil-A has missed out on two potentially lucrative airport contracts after local politicians raised concerns over the company’s anti-LGBTQ history. Chick-fil-A has previously faced criticism and boycotts for its donations to anti-LGBTQ groups and CEO Dan Cathy’s public comments opposing gay marriage. The chain is famously closed on Sunday for religious reasons. New York State...

The Texas Department of Public Safety has identified 58,000 non-U.S. citizens who voted in one or more Texas elections, dating to 1996, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office. Further, the DPS said there were about 95,000 non-citizens they identified as having a voter registration record in the state.

Gymnasts who say they were molested by doctor Larry Nassar are calling for an investigation from Texas’ attorney general into legendary Olympic coaches Martha and Bela Karolyi, NBC News reported. The Karolyis have denied knowing about Nassar’s conduct — he penetrated young patients with ungloved hands during supposed medical treatments — before the 2016 Summer Olympics. But gymnasts who plan...

A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the bulk of Texas’ crackdown on “sanctuary cities” in a victory for the Trump administration as part of its aggressive fight against measures seen as protecting immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans allows Texas to enforce...

Electronics retailer Best Buy apologized after viral photos appeared to show cases of water selling for more than $40 in Houston as Hurricane Harvey approached, CNBC reported. Best Buy does not sell water by the case and said signage promoting an offer of $42.96 a pack was “a big mistake on the part of a few employees at one store...

A federal judge has once again thrown out Texas’ voter ID law in the latest court defeat for state Republican lawmakers over voting rights.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is splitting with other states and defending President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations.

A Texas judge has ordered a school district to restore a decoration that included a biblical verse recited by Linus in the 1960s TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

Texas agreed Wednesday to weaken its voter ID law as courts across the U.S., with only months before the November election, are blocking Republican-controlled states from imposing polling place restrictions that critics say target minorities and the poor.

A federal appeals court has stopped the scheduled lethal injection of a former accountant set to die for fatally shooting his two young daughters in Dallas 15 years ago.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is known for being outspoken, and he had plenty to say Wednesday about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s opinion on fantasy sports.