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FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, in Oxon Hill, Md. Federal Judge Harlin Hale announced his decision Tuesday, May 11, 2021, to dismiss the National Rifle Association's bankruptcy case over whether the powerful gun-rights group should be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New York, after 11 days of testimony and arguments. Lawyers for New York and the NRA's former advertising agency grilled the group's embattled top executive, LaPierre, who acknowledged putting the NRA into Chapter 11 bankruptcy without the knowledge or assent of most of its board and other top officers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

EXPLAINER: With bankruptcy tossed, what's next for the NRA?

By Michael R. Sisak And Jake Bleiberg May. 12, 2021 04:45 PM EDT

Texas AG sues Austin, Travis County to block mask mandate

Mar. 11, 2021 07:06 PM EST
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Acting on his threat, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Austin and Travis County officials on Thursday over their decision to...

Texas sues Biden administration over halt to deportations

By Paul J. Weber And Nomaan Merchant Jan. 22, 2021 03:02 PM EST
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas on Friday moved to stop President Joe Biden from allowing a 100-day moratorium on deportations, bringing one of the first lawsuits...

FILE - In this June 28, 2020 file photo, Texas' Attorney General Ken Paxton waits on the flight line for the arrival of Vice President Mike Pence at Love Field in Dallas. "A newly revealed document shows Attorney General Paxton asked Trump administration officials to rescind federal virus relief dollars that Houston used to expand the options for people to vote. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Texas AG pushed to rescind Houston virus relief funding

By Acacia Coronado Dec. 22, 2020 05:23 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press Dec. 14, 2020 10:00 AM EST
Kearney Hub. Dec. 12, 2020. Backing Texas suit hypocritical It seems so reasonable and logical — the decision Nebraska...

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, remains on stage as then-Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, right, walks away Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. President Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin returns to the courtroom on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 with hearings in federal and state lawsuits seeking to invalidate hundreds of thousands of ballots and give the GOP-controlled Legislature the power to name Trump the winner. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)

EXPLAINER: Dismissed election case pushed debunked claims

By Nomaan Merchant And Alanna Durkin Richer Dec. 12, 2020 12:55 AM EST

EXPLAINER: Dismissed election case pushed debunked claims

By Nomaan Merchant And Alanna Durkin Richer Dec. 11, 2020 03:01 PM EST

Iowa stays out of lawsuit challenging presidential election

By David Pitt Dec. 10, 2020 06:34 PM EST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's Republican governor prevented Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller from joining a brief Thursday that opposes the Texas legal...

AP Explains: The FBI is investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton

By Jake Bleiberg Nov. 21, 2020 11:30 AM EST

Judge upholds El Paso business restrictions amid virus surge

By Acacia Coronado Nov. 06, 2020 01:59 PM EST
A Texas district judge on Friday upheld an order from El Paso County's top elected official shutting down businesses while the region fights an alarming surge...

A city police officer walks in the Vittorio Emanuele II gallery shopping arcade in downtown Milan, Italy, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Lombardy is among the four Italian regions classified as red zones, where a strict lockdown was imposed starting Friday - to be reassessed in two weeks - in an effort to curb the COVID-19 infections growing curve. Starting today, only shops selling food and other essentials are allowed to open. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The Latest: Texas judge upholds El Paso business shut down

By The Associated Press Nov. 06, 2020 02:12 AM EST

Texas AG sues to block COVID-19 shutdown in El Paso County

Oct. 30, 2020 08:42 PM EDT
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday joined several El Paso County restaurant owners in suing to block a county order shutting...

Texas AG asks court to block mail-in voting over virus fears

By Jake Bleiberg May. 13, 2020 06:33 PM EDT
DALLAS (AP) — Texas' Republican attorney general on Wednesday asked the state's high court to order local election officials to reject vote-by-mail...

This Tuesday, May 5, 2020 booking photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Shelly Luther. Luther was ordered to spend a week in jail after she continued to operate her business despite being issued a citation last month for keeping open her Dallas salon due to restrictions put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. Luther's hearing occurred as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott relaxed more restrictions statewide, allowing barbershops and hair salons to reopen Friday. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Dallas salon owner jailed for defying virus shutdown order

By Jake Bleiberg May. 06, 2020 07:42 AM EDT

In this July 14, 2013 photo, Shane McDermed, left, of Boulder and Lindsey Samelson of Colorado Springs, ride though the wildflowers on the 401 Trail outside of Crested Butte, Colo. Records reviewed by The Associated Press show that an exclusive group of Texans stood to benefit when the state's attorney general, Ken Paxton, urged the small Colorado county to reverse a public health order during the coronavirus outbreak. Paxton this month told Gunnison County that banning Texans from their property in Colorado during the outbreak was unconstitutional. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)

AP Exclusive: Texas AG helped donor fight virus lockout

By Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg Apr. 29, 2020 01:13 PM EDT