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US expands slots for asylum app at land crossings as demand overwhelms supply

Jun. 02, 2023 02:15 AM EDT

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — U.S. authorities on Thursday expanded slots to seek asylum at land crossings with Mexico through a mobile app for the second time in less than a month, seeking to dispel doubts it isn't a viable option. There are now 1,250 appointments at eight land...

Big-name Texas attorneys hired to present impeachment case against Ken Paxton

Jun. 01, 2023 18:08 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two prominent Texas attorneys with a long list of famous clients will present the case for impeachment against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and called for transparency Thursday once the trial gets underway this summer in the state Capitol. The hiring...

Texas governor appoints John Scott as interim attorney general after Paxton impeached

May. 31, 2023 16:41 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday picked a longtime ally who oversaw Texas' elections in 2022 to temporarily serve as attorney general following Republican Ken Paxton's historic impeachment on allegations of misconduct and crimes. John Scott, who stepped down as...

Why Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment fight isn't finished yet

May. 30, 2023 12:49 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Legislature already made one historic move with its impeachment of Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Another one is coming. The GOP-led House of Representatives on Saturday approved 20 articles of impeachment on sweeping allegations of...

Juror and spouse: Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton could vote in trial on husband's impeachment

May. 30, 2023 12:16 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — On the way to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton becoming a rising figure in the GOP, his wife, Angela, used to entertain crowds with a guitar and a song. “I'm a pistol-packin' mama, and my husband sues Obama,” she sang at campaign events and Republican...

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

May. 30, 2023 07:16 AM EDT

Kansas City Star. May 24, 2023. Editorial: If Missouri public schools teach Bible classes, whose version of religion rules? Missouri legislators have adopted yet another solution in search of a problem. They’ve passed a bill — and sent it to Gov. Mike Parson to...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

May. 29, 2023 14:16 PM EDT

Austin American-Statesman. May 28, 2023. Editorial: Paxton faces a long-overdue day of reckoning During eight-and-a-half years in office, scandal-ridden Attorney General Ken Paxton evaded legal and political accountability for a laundry list of alleged misconduct...

Texas passes sexual conduct bill drag show artists fear will prompt crackdown

May. 28, 2023 22:11 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would expand what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, under a bill approved late Sunday by state lawmakers that drag artists fear will be used to criminalize their shows. The bill approved by the Republican-controlled...

GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension

May. 27, 2023 20:53 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a GOP official who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement despite years...

Timeline of events leading to the impeachment of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

May. 27, 2023 19:37 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A timeline of events that have led to three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, 60, being impeached Saturday. The vote by the GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives also means Paxton is immediately suspended from office. 2015 ...