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Via press release from Texas AG Ken Paxton: Attorney General Ken Paxton sued U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to prevent potential destruction of any records from Jack Smith’s corrupt investigation into President Donald Trump. On November 8, Attorney General Paxton made a Freedom of Information Act request to the DOJ requesting records related …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously directed its flagship university to disband an LGBTQ+ studies minor, months after conservative lawmakers and websites accused the program of promoting “liberal indoctrination” on campus. The LGBTQ Studies minor is one of 14 minors and 38 certificate programs that administrators said were “low-producing,” according to …

Spectrum News reports: The demonstrations happened at little after noon on Wednesday at a public area on Texas State’s campus. Photos posted of the demonstrators show a couple of individuals holding signs that read “women are property,” “homo sex is sin,” and “types of property: women, slaves, animals, cars, land, etc…” The individuals identified themselves as being from the Official …

Dallas’s Fox affiliate reports: Texas state Rep. Julie Johnson (D) has won the race to fill the Texas House District 32 seat left open by Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas). Johnson faced off against Darrell Day (R) and Kevin Hale (L) in the November 5, 2024, general election. Johnson will be the first openly LGBTQ+ person to represent Texas and the …

NBC News reports: GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is headed back to Washington after he turned back a challenge from Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, NBC News projects. Cruz was expected to win a third term in the deep-red state, but the race tightened in recent weeks, drawing national attention and scrutiny as Allred, a prolific fundraiser, spent millions of …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was not among 51 members of the National Association of Attorneys General who signed a letter on Monday calling for a peaceful transfer of power and condemning violent acts relating to the election results. Paxton was one of only three state attorneys general who didn’t sign the letter, along with his …

The Hill reports: Federal judges denied two states’ requests to bar the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day. Both Missouri and Texas asked federal courts to keep DOJ lawyers away from their polls. Missouri’s attorney general and secretary of state said any monitoring would “displace state election authorities,” and …

The Texas Tribune reports: Tarrant County Republican Party Chair Bo French is under fire this week for a series of recent social media posts in which he repeatedly called his political opponents slurs for gay people and people with disabilities. “This is the gayest ad in history,” French, 55, wrote in an Oct. 11 response to a Democratic advertisement on …

Austin’s ABC affiliate reports: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick publicly debunked claims that voting machines in the state are changing the selections voters make. Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump, whose father-in-law is GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, posted on social media that Texas had looked into claims about voting machines in Tarrant County switching voters’ selections and the “error …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas’ top elections official told the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday its election monitors aren’t permitted in the state’s polling places after the federal agency announced plans to dispatch monitors to eight counties on Election Day to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws. The Justice Department regularly sends monitors across the country to keep …

The Associated Press reports: Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legally and track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that expands the state’s clash with the Biden administration over immigration. Critics fear the change could scare people away from hospitals. Texas hospitals have …

Abilene’s ABC affiliate reports: A youth leader at Beltway Park Church has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. According to court documents, a member of the church contacted Abilene Police with concerns regarding one of their youth leaders. Documents state Charles Goff met with a fellow church member and admitted to struggling with pornography. Goff specifically said …

The Texas Tribune reports: Shortly after leaving his position as Housing and Urban Development Secretary with the Trump administration, Ben Carson began working on a supplemental curriculum for elementary school students he called Little Patriots. When the program launched publicly in 2021, he said it was meant to compensate for a lack of emphasis on “the good things of our …

The Texas Tribune reports: Mary Howard-Elley fervently believes illegal immigration in the U.S. is a critical problem that only former President Donald Trump can solve. She says the continuation of his border wall and promised mass deportations will make the country safer. She agrees with Trump’s unfounded claims that Democrats are opening the borders to allow noncitizens to vote, fearing …

The New York Times reports: On a quiet, leafy street of multimillion-dollar properties, one stands out: a 14,400-square-foot mansion that looks like a villa plucked from the hills of Tuscany and transplanted to Austin, Texas. Mr. Musk has told people close to him in recent months that he envisions his children (of which there are at least 11) and two …

The Associated Press reports: Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday, with the superstar telling the Democratic nominee’s biggest crowd ever that it was “time to sing a new song” as Harris warned that her GOP opponent was dead set on further eroding women’s rights. “For all the men and …

USA Today reports: The wait is almost over. Yes, it’s still 11 days until the election. We’re talking about Beyoncé, who is set to perform at the Kamala Harris rally today in Houston. And yes, we used the singer’s name before the presidential hopeful because that’s what we’re here for. All things Beyoncé. It’s no secret that Harris and Beyoncé …

San Antonio’s ABC affiliate reports: A man was arrested Thursday after he assaulted a 69-year-old elections worker at a Southwest Side polling location, according to Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar. Jesse Lutzenberger, 63, entered a polling location at the Johnston Branch Library around 6:30 p.m. and was wearing a red Make America Great Again baseball cap, according to a preliminary …

The Roys Report reports: The brother-in-law of Pastor Jeremy Pfeil of Accelerate Church in west Texas has been arrested and charged with sex crimes against minors. Last December, Pfeil made headlines for warning congregants that if they spoke about criminal sex charges against someone else—Pfeil’s pastor friend—they’d be “be sniped and taken out.” On Monday, the Amarillo Police Department (APD) …

The Texas Tribune reports: The City Council on Tuesday banned transgender people from using restrooms outside of the sex assigned to them at birth, following an emotionally charged exchange between residents and city leaders. In a 5-2 vote, members of the council expanded a 1989 ordinance that prohibits individuals from entering restrooms of the opposite sex, suggesting they were doing …