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Texas AG Paxton Cuts Off Reporter Asking About NYT Property Investigation
Ken Paxton stood behind a podium in Fort Worth on Tuesday, flanked by more than a dozen sheriffs in cowboy hats. "While we have been working to support law enforcement, there have been others working to undermine it," he said, aiming the remark at Senate opponent James Talarico over a 2020 donation to the Austin Justice Coalition. A reporter offered Paxton a chance to respond to The New York Times investigation about multiple properties he owned. Paxton asked that the questio

Maria Salinas
Jul 214 min read


Paxton's DOGE Loyalty Now Has a Cost, and Texas Cattle Are Paying It
USDA has confirmed six cases of New World screwworm in Texas livestock Ken Paxton has spent the last year positioning himself as the Trump administration's most reliable Texas ally. That positioning now sits alongside an active screwworm outbreak spreading through South and Central Texas ranch country. USDA has confirmed six cases of New World screwworm in Texas livestock since June 3, with confirmed infections in Zavala, La Salle, Gillespie, and Edwards counties. The Texas A

Maria Salinas
Jul 23 min read


Paxton's Lawyer Endorses Talarico
The Man Who Saved Ken Paxton Just Endorsed the Guy Running Against Him Dan Cogdell knows Ken Paxton better than most people in Texas politics ever will. He sat across courtroom tables from prosecutors for nearly a decade, first when Paxton hired him in 2015 after his securities fraud indictment, and later when he served on Paxton's defense team in the 2023 impeachment trial that ended in acquittal. The securities fraud case ran nine years before prosecutors dropped the charge

Maria Salinas
Jun 283 min read
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