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Texas attorney general to join efforts to enforce state standards at Harris County Jail
The move escalates the state’s efforts to improve conditions in Harris County’s jail system, which has struggled to comply ...
Texas GOP lawmakers seek to give AG Ken Paxton power to prosecute abortion, election fraud
SB 846, filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes would give unprecedented prosecutorial powers to the attorney general on issues of voter ...
Democratic attorneys general challenging Musk's staff access to Americans' sensitive personal data
Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government ...
Pam Bondi is sworn in as attorney general as the Justice Department braces for major shakeup
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday as attorney general, taking charge of the Justice Department as it braces ...
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‘The truth finally prevailed:’ Former Lina Hidalgo staffer avoids trial in COVID-19 contract case
Alex Triantaphyllis, Hidalgo’s former chief of staff, was charged with misuse of official information and tampering with government records, along with fellow staffers Aaron Dunn and Wallis Nader. The ...
DOJ drops charges against Texas doc who blew whistle on kids’ secret sex-change surgeries
Charges have been dismissed against a Texas doctor accused of illegally leaking to the media that a hospital was secretly ...
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Hidalgo staffer’s case could be dismissed, according to Texas Attorney General
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 AG’s office moves to dismiss charges against two of Lina Hidalgo’s former staffers
This comes nearly three years after the former staffers were accused of steering an $11 million COVID-19 vaccine outreach ...
Trump's Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's Justice Department has disbanded a Biden-era program aimed at seizing the assets ...
Texas attorney general joins 23 states to block taxpayer-funded gender surgery for inmate
The attorney general for the state of Texas is joining 23 other states to stop a judge from ordering the state to fund gender ...