The state’s four U.S. attorneys met in Dallas to discuss how a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a gun rights case involving an ...

Texas' highest court for criminal matters will have three new Republican members, all backed by AG Ken Paxton. Two of them ...

Three Republican justices on the Texas Supreme Court won their reelection races Tuesday by the largest margins in recent ...

The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a legislative subpoena of a death row inmate infringed on the executive branch ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has pledged to pass legislation in 2025 that would mandate the placement of the Ten Commandments in ...

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As it stands, Republicans will continue to hold all of the court’s nine seats until at least 2026, when three other justices ...

Texas Democrats’ election losses last week are prompting serious self-reflection among some strategists over the decision to ...

A new Trump administration could change course on Supreme Court cases over transgender care for minors and untraceable "ghost ...

After the Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the Texas v. New Mexico water case, the parties are going back ...

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected new Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ...