
The Hill - 35 min 7 sec ago
New Mexico Attorney General Ra l Torrez (D) is encouraging victims of Jeffrey Epstein to come forward amid his office's probe into a ranch previously owned by the deceased convicted sex offender. In a letter to survivors he sent last week and shared to social media Tuesday, Torrez said that government officials "systematically disregarded" Epstein's abuse...

New York Times - 55 min 40 sec ago
The Republican primary race for Senate between Senator John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, has become the most expensive primary campaign in the country's recent history.

New York Times - 1 hour 50 min ago
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, has maneuvered for President Trump's support ahead of the May 26 runoff election in the Republican primary for Senate in the state.

The Hill - 2 hours 43 min ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R)'s estranged wife state Sen. Angela Paxton (R) on Tuesday shared her endorsements for various candidates in state races but remained neutral in the Republican Senate primary. Angela Paxton urged Texan voters on Election Day to join her in voting for Mayes Middleton, a state Senate colleague of hers and...

CNBC - 3 hours 58 min ago
President Donald Trump last week endorsed Texas Attorney General over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.

CNBC - 4 hours 1 min ago
Vice President JD Vance is leading an initiative by the Trump administration to reduce fraud in federally funded programs that are administered by states.

Daily Signal - 4 hours 43 min ago
The Supreme Court rejected Meta Platforms’ attempt to block a lawsuit from Vermont’s attorney general accusing the company of designing the social media app Instagram to be addictive for young users. Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, a Democrat, sued Meta in 2023, alleging violations of the state’s consumer protection laws. Meta sought to have the...

ABC News - 5 hours 12 min ago
Trump endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Senate race.

Daily Signal - 5 hours 38 min ago
Republican voters in Texas will decide in a runoff election whether their nominee for attorney general in November will be Rep. Chip Roy or state Sen. Mayes Middleton. Roy, author of the SAVE America Act legislation requiring voter identification that passed the House three times during the 119th Congress won 32% of the vote in the March...

New York Times - 6 hours 1 min ago
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, at a campaign stop in Victoria, Texas, last month.

Fox News - 6 hours 39 min ago
Trump's endorsement of Ken Paxton looms large as Texas Republicans choose between the attorney general and Sen. John Cornyn in the GOP runoff.

The Hill - 7 hours 20 min ago
Is President Trump's grip on the party faltering? Tuesday's Texas GOP primary race, particularly the contest between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, will be a test. What comes next after the controversial autopsy on the Democratic Party's 2024 losses? Join The Hill's Amie Parnes and Editor in Chief Ian Swanson...

The Hill - 7 hours 24 min ago
President Trump on Tuesday urged Texas Republicans to vote for state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in the Senate GOP runoff in the Lone Star State, hours before polls close. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, "Texas, Vote for Ken Paxton, our Country's BEST Attorney General!" The president endorsed Paxton last week in the...

NBC News - 10 hours 12 min ago
The question of Trump's GOP influence returns as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Sen.

The Guardian - 10 hours 27 min ago
Runoff between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton features ads and legal disputes targeting Texas Muslims In the bitter and expensiv e US Senate runoff between John Cornyn, the incumbent, and Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, the state's Muslim community has been a frequent target for campaign ads and legal challenges. Both candidates have tried to portray the other as either too soft on the supposed threat of Islam or insufficiently aggressive toward Muslim institutions. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 11 hours 27 min ago
Scandal-plagued Ken Paxton has won Trump's backing can he defeat John Cornyn in a high-stakes primary runoff? Ken Paxton , the state attorney general, takes on four-term incumbent John Cornyn on Tuesday in the ugliest primary election of the year. The winner of the Republican Senate runoff in Texas will contest November's general election against Democrat James Talarico. Paxton and Cornyn have spent months coveting the most valuable endorsement in Republican politics: Donald Trump. Last...

The Hill - 11 hours 28 min ago
Senate Republican sources say that President Trump's agenda for the rest of the year is in serious trouble, including a budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, after tempers erupted at a meeting between GOP senators and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche last week. GOP senators say that Trump has no chance...

NPR - 12 hours 28 min ago
Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's reelection. The $100 million fight could have far-reaching implications for the GOP, and party control of the Senate.

Newser - 14 hours 30 min ago
Texas Republicans are about to find out whether John Cornyn's long resume can beat President Trump's endorsement of his opponent. The four-term senator faces state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a GOP runoff on Tuesday that's become a test of Trump's pull and the party's appetite for risk in a...

Huffington Post - 16 hours 6 min ago
She didn't hold back in her assessment of scandal-plagued state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Huffington Post - 16 hours 59 min ago
Texas Republican Senate candidates Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton had no public campaign events on the last day before Tuesday's runoff.