Crash victims’ families prepare to make what could be their final plea for Boeing’s prosecution
A federal judge in Texas is set to hear arguments on a U.S. government motion to dismiss a felony charge against Boeing.
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Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections
The approval of the Texas maps on an 88-52 party-line vote is likely to prompt California’s Democratic-controlled state Legislature this week to approve of a new House map creating five new Democratic-leaning districts.
Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate
Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public Safety officers to leave the floor.
Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left state over Trump-backed redistricting
The revolt by the state House Democrats and the governor’s threats have ratcheted up what could become a national fight over the redrawing of congressional maps.
Migrant sent to El Salvador prison by the Trump administration says he was beaten by guards
A migrant from Venezuela deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador has taken the first step toward suing the U.S. government.
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
Leonardo Baez and Nora Avila-Guel’s bakery in the Texas community of Los Fresnos is a daily stop for many residents to share gossip over coffee and pick up cakes and pastries for birthdays, office parties or themselves.
Texas megachurch pastor to surrender in Oklahoma on child sexual abuse charges
Robert Preston Morris, 63, is expected to surrender to officials in Osage County, where he was charged last week with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child
US judge rejects Boeing’s plea deal in a conspiracy case stemming from fatal plane crashes
The deal would have let Boeing plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people.
Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.
Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
Even as the Biden administration has publicly warned hospitals to treat pregnant patients in emergencies, facilities continue to violate the federal law. More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022, an Associated Press analysis of federal hospital investigations has found.
Supreme Court grants Texas man a stay of execution just before his scheduled lethal injection
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man shortly before he was to receive a lethal injection in a killing decades ago.
How the criminal case against Texas AG Ken Paxton abruptly ended after nearly a decade of delays
The criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on securities fraud charges has ended after nine years — a span during which the Republican was reelected twice, impeached and acquitted, and emerged more politically powerful than ever.
Texas law that would let police arrest migrants for illegal entry going before judge
A federal judge on Thursday will consider whether Texas can enforce a new law that gives police broad authority to arrest migrants who are accused of entering the U.S. illegally and empowers local judges to order them out of the country.
Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Justice Department sues Texas over law that would let police arrest migrants who enter US illegally
The Justice Department on Wednesday sued Texas over a new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally, taking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to court again over his escalating response to border crossers arriving from Mexico.
Biden administration asks Supreme Court to allow border agents to cut razor wire installed by Texas
The Biden administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues.
Supreme Court will rule on limits on commonly used abortion medication
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get abortion despite state’s ban
A Texas judge on Thursday gave a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis permission to get an abortion in an unprecedented challenge over bans that more than a dozen states have enacted since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Purdue wins $32.5M in patent-infringement lawsuit
A Texas jury this week awarded Purdue University $32.5 million in damages in its patent infringement lawsuit against an international microelectronics company.
SCOTUS orders makers of gun parts to comply with rules on ghost guns
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered two internet sellers of gun parts to comply with a Biden administration regulation aimed at ghost guns, firearms that are difficult to trace because they lack serial numbers.