Texas voters waiting for President Donald Trump to officially throw his weight behind incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn or the state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a hotly contested GOP primary runoff ...

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Texas Republicans are heading into a high-stakes runoff that will shape the party’s direction in a pivotal Senate race. The survey, conducted March 7–9 among 781 ...

Ken Paxton’s office has sent a legal notice to Austin Independent School District after receiving a complaint alleging violations of Senate Bill 8. According to the Texas Attorney General’s Office, ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton warned the Austin Independent School District that it could be fined $5,000 daily for alleged violations of Texas' new bathroom bill. The law prohibits transgender people’s ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) suggested Thursday that he would be open to dropping out of the hotly contested Texas Senate primary against Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) if Senate Republicans met ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he's staying in the race for the Republican Senate nomination even if President Donald Trump endorses Paxton's rival, longtime Sen. John Cornyn. But in a twist, ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday offered to drop his primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, if he would commit to passing the SAVE America Act via the talking filibuster. Paxton ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he'll stay in the Texas Senate GOP runoff race even if President Trump's endorsement's rival, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn. Trump said Wednesday he planned to make ...

Ken Paxton says he’d consider leaving the Senate runoff if Congress passes the SAVE America Act. He’s pressuring GOP leaders to end the filibuster; calls rival John Cornyn a "coward." Trump has not ...

In the first half of 2025, Senator John Cornyn looked like a dead man walking. In more than a dozen polls, he trailed his primary challenger, Attorney General Ken Paxton, by an average of seventeen ...