The political standoff at the Texas Capitol intensified Friday as Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit seeking to ...

Ken Paxton is asking that California law enforcement officers be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who are staying in ...

Paxton’s filings, known as quo warranto petitions, come after the House failed to reach a quorum on Friday – the third time ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling on the courts to hold former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke in contempt after the ...

Beto O’Rourke on Tuesday called Ken Paxton a “corrupt, lying thug,” after the attorney general said O’Rourke should be ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing 13 Democrats, claiming their walkout to block GOP maps represents an abandonment ...

Dispute is part of the drama involving Democrats fleeing the state in a bid to thwart Republicans' redistricting efforts ...

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton wants a judge to put former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke in jail for allegedly violating a ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, alleging the pharmaceutical giant engaged in bribery ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims that Beto O'Rourke is violating a judge's temporary restraining order prohibiting him from raising funds for the Democrats who left the state amid the ...

Motion follows O'Rourke's alleged violation of a temporary restraining order related to fundraising for runaway legislators.

The lawsuit from Paxton is one of several ways Texas officials have pressured Democrats to return to the state for a vote on a congressional redistricting expected to add five Republican seats in the ...