Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low.

The order by President Trump to deny citizenship to babies born to immigrants without legal authorization to be in the U.S. is now before the courts.

The bill, named for Laken Riley, a Georgia student killed by an immigrant, adds legislative muscle to President Trump’s immigration enforcement push.

Healthcare fraud enforcement continues to be a top priority for federal authorities, with Stark Law violations remaining under particular

The Republican-led states of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone in the United States, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday.

David Paul Cady Jr., 54, was indicted for killing Mary Moore Searight, 86, in Paris, Texas — about two hours northeast of Dallas — according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory Division. Nearly 30 years after Searight’s death, Cady was indicted by a Lamar County grand jury on Dec. 12, 2024.

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.

A Mexican national accused of participating in an international human smuggling conspiracy has been extradited to the United States. Monica Hernandez-Palma, also known as Moni, was

The Jan. 6 defendants who received clemency included those convicted of violent and serious crimes, including assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy. Mr. Trump also ordered the attorney general to dismiss all pending indictments related to the Capitol riot.

Pursuant to the Vacancies Reform Act, First Assistant United States Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr., has been named the Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas following the departure of U.