Topic: Ken Paxton

Texas executed a 49-year-old death row inmate for the gruesome murder of a grandmother during a robbery in 2012, making him the second person to be executed in the United States on Tuesday and the 18th person this year.

Google will pay $1.375 billion to settle a 2022 data privacy lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday.

The State of Texas has executed a 41-year-old man convicted of the 2004 brutal murder of a 20-year-old mother, making Moises Sandoval Mendoza the 13th death row inmate to have their sentence carried out this year.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his bid to challenge current Sen. John Cornyn in the state's 2026 Republican primary election.

A New York county clerk refused to process a $113,000 fine against a New York doctor found guilty of prescribing abortion-inducing medications in Texas.

Two people have been arrested and charged with performing abortions in Texas, a state with one of the strictest bans against the controversial medical practice in the nation.

President Donald Trump on Friday laid out his vision for the Department of Justice and the FBI, in a law-and-order talk that resembled a political speech.

Changes are coming to the Department of Education under the Trump administration and whether it closes or is significantly downsized, its role in defending civil rights for students could be weakened.

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this year.

The State of Texas executed a Black man convicted of killing a pastor during a robbery in 2011, despite his claims that while he was present during the crime he was not responsible for the murder.