One of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's most prominent staff attorneys is joining the Trump administration as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice.

Andrew Taake was accused of attacking police officers with bear spray and a metal whip during the U.S. Capitol assault on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

Several school districts and the Massachusetts attorney general issued guidance on how schools should react if approached by ...

Two of Lina Hidalgo’s former aides were accused nearly three years ago of giving a chosen vendor an $11 million COVID-19 vaccine outreach contract.

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Texas has banned sanctuary cities since 2018, and Mayor Ron Nirenberg says San Antonio cooperates with federal immigration ...

He dips into his office and emerges wearing his black robe. He's ready to take the bench at 9 a.m. "Let's get it done," he says. After 35 years of public ...

Critics of traditional tough-on-crime district attorneys have argued that the old approach fueled mass incarceration and the ...

Besides laws which prevent local police from enforcing immigration law, some officials say they don’t have the resources to ...

While President Donald Trump has threatened to punish local law enforcement if they do not help carry out mass deportations, ...

US - Supreme Court Stays Corporate Transparency Act Injunction, But Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Remain Paused ...