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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media, Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco., Texas. The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on climate change could have implications for a range of other issues, including a case involving nuclear waste storage and a proposal requiring companies to disclose how climate risk affects their businesses. Paxton says the June 30 ruling can be used to block a federal license issued to store radioactive waste in his state. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Texas AG mounts legal challenge to Pelosi’s designated voter scheme

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File) **FILE**

Texas Attorney General Paxton settles deceptive advertising allegations against iHeartMedia

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - Demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and House, May 20, 2021, in Austin, Texas. A federal ruling on Aug. 16, 2022, that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care, advocates and experts say. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Biden administration gives up the fight over gender identity workplace rules

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media, Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco., Texas. The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on climate change could have implications for a range of other issues, including a case involving nuclear waste storage and a proposal requiring companies to disclose how climate risk affects their businesses. Paxton says the June 30 ruling can be used to block a federal license issued to store radioactive waste in his state. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Texas sues to block Biden administration crackdown on religious adoption agencies

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Texas sues Google for surreptitiously collecting users’ biometric data in photos, voice recordings

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court asked to punish Texas over use of ‘Trump judges’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. On Tuesday, top administrative leaders for the SBC, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Holly Meyer)

Baylor professor in op-ed calls for criminal probes of Southern Baptist sex abuse

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media on Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Texas AG Ken Paxton launches investigation over fake Twitter accounts

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media on Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Texas AG Ken Paxton defeats George P. Bush in run-off

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House, May 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court is allowing the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse. But in a mixed ruling Friday, May 13, 2022, the court also handed a victory to one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas Supreme Court allows state to pursue gender-transition child-abuse investigations

By Alex Swoyer and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott campaigns at the DPS headquarters on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco., Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP) **FILE**

Texas AG says state bar is suing him over 2020 election challenge

By Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott campaigns at the DPS headquarters on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco., Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP) **FILE**

Texas Bar Foundation under investigation for allegedly encouraging, financing illegal immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A participant holds a sign at a March to the Border Rally, Sept. 25, 2021, in McAllen, Texas. A federal judge in Louisiana has on Wednesday, April, 27, 2022, ordered the Biden administration to stop phasing out a public health rule that allows the expulsion of migrants without an opportunity to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Texas sues to stop Biden’s relaxed asylum policy for illegal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This July 9, 2019 file photo shows a sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. Twitter users will soon see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing. The labels, which the company has been testing since July, are an update from those Twitter used for election misinformation before and after the 2020 presidential contest. Those labels drew criticism for not doing enough to keep people from spreading obvious falsehoods. The redesign launching worldwide on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 is an attempt to make them more useful and easier to notice, among other things. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

9th Circuit dismisses Twitter lawsuit against Texas over Trump ban

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott campaigns at the DPS headquarters on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco., Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP) **FILE**

Ken Paxton forced into runoff in Texas Republican primary

Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott campaigns at the DPS headquarters on Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco., Texas. The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent. Attorney General Paxton filed the lawsuit Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 a state district court claiming Meta has been “storing millions of biometric identifiers” — identified as retina or iris scans, voice prints, or a record of hand and face geometry — contained in photos and videos people upload to its services, including Facebook and Instagram. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)

Texas AG Paxton calls medical care for transgender children ‘a form of child abuse’

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in Washington. Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both companies were aware of the deal and signed off on it, the complaint alleges. The original redacted lawsuit, filed in December 2021, accused Google of anti-competitive conduct and teaming up with the social networking giant. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Texas AG Ken Paxton refuses to hand over Jan. 6 records

Associated Press

FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the "Save America Rally" in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A district attorney says Paxton violated the state's open records laws by withholding or failing to retain his communications relating to his appearance at a pro-Trump rally that preceded the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Prosecutor: Texas attorney general violated open records law

Associated Press

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, discusses the infrastructure bill making its way through Congress during a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

Rep. Louie Gohmert announces bid for Texas attorney general

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Austin Police Association on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Texas asks judge to rule DHS is violating ‘Remain in Mexico’ ruling

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times