Tag: Ken Paxton | Talking Points Memo

Texas AG Takes School Mask Mandate Fight To Court After Governor’s Failed Efforts

By Summer Concepcion | August 15, 2021 1:51 p.m.

Paxton Endorses An Audit After TX Rep Intros Bill That Would Mostly Probe Blue Counties

By Matt Shuham | July 22, 2021 1:36 p.m.

Where Things Stand: The Gang’s All Here

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By Nicole Lafond and Cristina Cabrera | May 5, 2021 1:32 p.m.

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 19: Jenna Ellis, right, and Sydney Powell, attorneys for President Donald Trump, conduct a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Trump attorney Rudolph Giuliani also attended. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Some of Trump’s closest “Big Lie” allies along with one of his former lawyers are launching a new advocacy group to try to further cement former President Trump’s false claims about a stolen election into reality.

Texas AG Conceals Messages He Sent During Pro-Trump Rally And Insurrection

By Cristina Cabrera | March 25, 2021 10:52 a.m.

Twitter Sues Texas AG For Retaliating Against Company After Trump Ban

By Summer Concepcion | March 9, 2021 12:33 p.m.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton testifies in front of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services regarding an ongoing investigation into Planned Parenthood's practices on July 29, 2015

Texas AG Also Pulled A Ted Cruz-Like Texit Amid State’s Energy Crisis

By Summer Concepcion | February 22, 2021 6:01 p.m.

TX AG Asked Mnuchin To Block COVID Relief Funding From Being Used On Mail Voting

By Tierney Sneed | December 22, 2020 3:10 p.m.

What Integrity? Here Are The GOPers Obediently Helping TX And Trump Take A Hammer To Democracy

By Cristina Cabrera | December 11, 2020 2:44 p.m.

Indicted TX AG Insists It’s ‘Ridiculous’ To Accuse Him Of Fishing For Pardon With SCOTUS Lawsuit

By Cristina Cabrera | December 11, 2020 7:54 a.m.

GOP Rep Emails Colleagues To Pressure Them Into Backing TX AG’s Long-Shot Lawsuit

By Summer Concepcion | December 10, 2020 1:36 p.m.

Report: Trump Warned Georgia Attorney General Not To Challenge Texas Lawsuit

By Zoe Richards | December 10, 2020 9:03 a.m.

Michigan Attorney General Likens Trump’s Post-Election Gambit To ‘Friday The 13th’ Movie

By Zoe Richards | December 9, 2020 3:11 p.m.

In Bonkers SCOTUS Bid, Texas Tries To Sue To Overturn WI, PA, GA and MI Election Results

By Tierney Sneed | December 8, 2020 11:09 a.m.

Five Points On The Wild Allegations Against Texas’ Attorney General From His Top Staff

By Matt Shuham | October 5, 2020 2:45 p.m.

HOLD FOR STORY - FILE - In this June 22, 2017, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Texas Attorney General Helped Donor Fight COVID Lockdown In Colorado County

By Paul J. Weber and Jake Bleiberg | April 29, 2020 3:13 p.m.

Judge Suggests Partial Way Out Of Lawsuit Over ‘Flawed’ Texas Voter Fraud List

By Tierney Sneed | March 27, 2019 4:47 p.m.

Secretary of State David Whitley, left, arrives for his confirmation hearing, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Austin, Texas, where he addressed the backlash surrounding Texas' efforts to find noncitizens on voter rolls. Whitley denies his office made mistakes over a list of 95,000 voters whose U.S. citizenship was called into question but included thousands of wrongly flagged names. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Judge Halts Texas Voter Purge Spurred By GOP Election Chief’s Bogus Voter List

By Paul J. Weber | February 28, 2019 9:44 a.m.