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Published on December 20, 2022 - 17:46 GMT

Paxton Files Amicus Brief Defending States’ Constitutionally-Designated Authority Over Their National Guard Units

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Mississippi-led merits-stage amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the federal government from overregulating and unduly exercising authority over state National Guard units, which are the modern-day …

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Published on December 20, 2022 - 15:33 GMT

Paxton Petitions Federal Government to Reverse Unlawful and Destructive Vaccine Mandate

Attorney General Paxton has joined a multistate petition sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) opposing the draconian federal health care systems vaccine mandate. CMS …

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Published on December 19, 2022 - 19:55 GMT

Paxton Petitions the U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Title 42 After Biden Administration Abandons the Effective Border ...

Attorney General Paxton has joined a multistate coalition urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision to strike down Title 42, which will leave the already wide-open southern border even more exposed. A district court judge in …

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Published on December 19, 2022 - 15:35 GMT

Paxton Announces Settlement with iHeartMedia for Recording and Broadcasting Deceptive Advertisements

Attorney General Paxton announced a settlement with iHeartMedia, Inc. over the company’s recording and broadcasting of radio advertisements that promoted the Google Pixel 4 smartphone. iHeartMedia disc jockeys recorded detailed testimonials about their …

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Published on December 16, 2022 - 20:07 GMT

Federal Court Hands State, Nation Major Victory by Halting the Biden Administration’s Attempts to End the “Remain-in-Mexi...

Attorney General Paxton last night secured a significant victory against the Biden Administration with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas staying the implementation of a rule that would end the Migrant Protection Protocols (“MPP”), …

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Published on December 16, 2022 - 20:07 GMT

Paxton Leads Coalition to Defeat DACA After Biden Administration Attempts to Salvage the Illegal Immigration Policy

Attorney General Paxton is leading a coalition of states in pushing back against the Biden Administration’s attempts to save the illegal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program. DACA is a program originally created by the Obama …

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Published on December 15, 2022 - 15:14 GMT

Paxton Secures $168M for Texas in Opioid Agreement with Walmart

Attorney General Paxton announced a planned $3.1 billion settlement with Walmart, with over $168 million designated for Texas, for Walmart’s role in the nationwide opioid epidemic. The agreement will largely track the terms of the Global Prescription …

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Published on December 14, 2022 - 22:31 GMT

Office of the Attorney General Provides Update on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Disappearance of Jason Landry

This week marks the second anniversary of Jason Landry’s disappearance. Attorney General Paxton and the entire Office of the Attorney General (OAG) want to reaffirm their commitment to this active and ongoing investigation and assure the public that this …

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Published on December 14, 2022 - 19:32 GMT

Paxton Investigates Texas Bar Foundation Fund Recipients for Aiding and Abetting the Invasion of Illegal Aliens

Attorney General Paxton is launching an investigation of Texas Bar Foundation fund recipients to determine whether funds contributed to it are being used to support the border invasion. This expands upon Paxton’s investigation into the Foundation. The …

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Published on December 14, 2022 - 16:47 GMT

Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: November 16 – 30, 2022

CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT In Bexar County, Gregory Scott Roth was arrested on November 30 on one count of possession of child pornography. Child Exploitation Unit (“CEU”) investigators executed a search warrant at Roth’s residence, where Roth was located …

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Published on December 13, 2022 - 16:24 GMT

Biden Administration Gives Up on Case, Leaving in Place Major Paxton Victory Striking Down Woke HHS Policies

On October 1, Attorney General Paxton won a major victory when the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas struck down two Biden Administration agency rules concerning “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” The Biden Administration has …

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Published on December 12, 2022 - 23:08 GMT

Paxton Sues Biden to Defend Religiously-Affiliated Adoption Agencies from Federal Government’s “Sexual Orientation”...

Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit today defending faith-based groups and the State of Texas from being forced to adopt woke political views that violate the religious liberty and moral conscience of faith-based organizations and limit Texas’s ability …

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Published on December 9, 2022 - 16:30 GMT

Paxton Urges Federal Government to Protect Access to Telehealth Option Enabling People to Obtain Treatment for Opioid ...

Attorney General Paxton has joined a multistate letter urging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to permanently extend a Covid-era rule that allows individuals seeking opioid …

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Published on December 8, 2022 - 15:40 GMT

Paxton Fights Back Against Liberal School District’s Attempts to Help Children Change Their “Gender Identity” Without ...

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Montana-led amicus brief in the St. Louis-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit pushing back against woke school administrators who are encouraging students to “transition” without their parents’ knowledge …

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Published on December 7, 2022 - 16:27 GMT

Paxton Encourages the Federal Trade Commission to Take Concrete Steps to Protect Americans’ Privacy

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Massachusetts-led multistate comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) conveying the need for stronger privacy protections related to commercial surveillance and data security. In the letter, Paxton …

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Published on December 6, 2022 - 15:34 GMT

Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: November 1 – 15, 2022

CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT In Montgomery County, Francisco Sauceda was arrested on November 9 on one count of promotion of child pornography and four counts of possession of child pornography. Child Exploitation Unit investigators executed a search warrant …

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Published on December 5, 2022 - 16:21 GMT

Paxton Wins Major Non-Delegation Case in the Fifth Circuit, Stops Unaccountable Private Regulators from Harming the ...

Attorney General Paxton has secured a significant victory in the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, with the court striking down the federal Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) as unconstitutional. HISA, enacted in …

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Published on December 1, 2022 - 17:11 GMT

Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions Division Secures Guilty Verdict Against Man Who Sexually Assaulted a Child

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions Division trial team secured a guilty plea against a man who committed sexual assault of a child. The defendant, Troy Lee Smith, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of …

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Published on November 30, 2022 - 17:02 GMT

Paxton Concludes Data Breach Investigations, Collects Settlements of Over $1.5 Million from Experian and T‑Mobile

Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that his office, along with a coalition of other state attorneys general, has obtained settlements totaling more than $16 million with Experian Data Corp., Experian Information Solutions, and T-Mobile. In …

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Published on November 29, 2022 - 15:32 GMT

Paxton’s Team Appearing Before SCOTUS to Stop Biden Admin From Releasing Violent Illegal Aliens into Communities

Lawyers from Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office are representing Texas before the U.S. Supreme Court today concerning a case where Paxton sued to stop the Biden Administration from illegally refusing to enforce immigration laws. “The law that the Biden …

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