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Texas businessman tied to impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton to appear in federal court

A businessman at the center of the scandal that led to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxtonโ€™s historic impeachment is set to make an initial appearance in federal court following his arrest by the FBI.

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Bank records raise questions about home remodel in Texas Attorney General Paxton's impeachment

As embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fights a historic impeachment, his lawyers say they have evidence proving his innocence.

Big-name Texas attorneys hired to present impeachment case against Ken Paxton

Two prominent Texas attorneys with a long list of famous clients will present the case for impeachment against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Texas governor appoints John Scott as interim attorney general after Paxton impeached

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has named John Scott to temporarily serve as the stateโ€™s attorney general.

Juror and spouse: Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton could vote in trial on husband's impeachment

The coming impeachment trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a twist.

Impeachment trial of Texasโ€™ Ken Paxton to begin no later than August 28

A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August in the state Senate.

Why Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment fight isn't finished yet

The Texas Legislature already made one historic move with the impeachment of Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Fight still ahead for Texas' Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions

The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in Americaโ€™s biggest red state.

Texas' GOP-held House set for impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton

Texasโ€™ GOP-led House of Representatives is set to hold historic impeachment proceeding against Attorney General Ken Paxton, as the scandal-plagued Republican called on his supporters to protest a vote that could lead to his ouster.

Texasโ€™ extraordinary move to impeach scandal-plagued GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton

After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the stateโ€™s GOP-controlled House of Representatives has moved toward an impeachment vote that could quickly throw him from office.

GOP-led Texas House panel issues 20 impeachment counts against state Attorney General Ken Paxton

Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office.

Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after Republican investigation

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing a historic impeachment vote after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton likely broke laws, Republican investigation finds

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing sudden new risks to his political future.

Bills would let transgender people seal name-change requests

Legislators in at least two states are trying to allow transgender people to keep records of their name change out of the public record.

Justice Dept. in DC taking over Texas AG corruption probe

Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas whoโ€™d long been leading the the probe.

Texas AG settles with former aides who reported him to FBI

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to apologize and pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four former staffers who accused him of corruption in 2020, igniting an ongoing FBI investigation into the three-term Republican.

New state voter fraud units finding few cases from midterms

State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.

Biden nominates 7 for US attorney, judge and marshal slots

The Biden administrating is putting forth seven new Justice Department and judicial nominations covering three U.S. attorneyโ€™s offices in Texas and other senior posts.

Judge rules new DACA program can continue temporarily

A federal judge has ruled that the current version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children can continue, at least temporarily.

Records: Texas attorney general fled home to avoid subpoena

Court documents say Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ran out of his house and jumped into a truck driven by his wife, a state senator, to avoid being served a subpoena in an abortion access case.

Texas governor pushes back on raising gun age after Uvalde

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing back on calls by Uvalde families for new gun control measures in Texas in wake of the Robb Elementary School massacre.

Supreme Court climate ruling could impact nuclear waste case

The Supreme Courtโ€™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.

Federal judge strikes down Texas handgun age restriction

A federal judge has struck down one of Texasโ€™ few remaining firearm restrictions, finding a law that barred adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun was unconstitutional.

Three more GOP-led states enact abortion 'trigger laws'

Three more Republican-led states banned almost all abortions this week.

Cheney's defeat end of an era for GOP; Trump's party now

Liz Cheneyโ€™s resounding election defeat marks the end of an era for the Republican Party.

Ousters, upsets halfway through 2022 primary election season

More than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered verdicts in a number of contests, many of which featured candidates arguing they best represented a continuation of policies favored by former President Donald Trump.

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

Clinics are shutting down abortion services in Texas after the Supreme Court in the nation's second-largest state blocked an order that briefly allowed the procedure to resume in some cases.

Election deniers quiet on fraud claims after primary wins

Dozens of Republican candidates who sought Donald Trumpโ€™s endorsement have spent months parroting the former president's baseless claims of 2020 election fraud.

Judge blocks Texas investigating families of trans youth

A Texas judge has temporarily blocked the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender confirming care.

Reports: Twitter to provide Musk with raw daily tweet data

Twitter plans to offer Elon Musk access to its โ€œfirehoseโ€ of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets in an effort to push forward the Tesla billionaireโ€™s agreed-to $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform, according to multiple news reports.

Texas AG strides into Twitter takeover drama to bolster Musk

State officials across the nation have taken on Big Tech companies in the courts and state legislatures, and federal regulators have nipped at Twitter over alleged violations of usersโ€™ data privacy.

School massacre continues Texas' grim run of mass shootings

The gunman who killed 19 elementary school children and two teachers in Texas added to the state's grim recent history of mass shootings.

Takeaways: Trump's big defeat; election denial backfiring

Former President Donald Trumpโ€™s crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries despite rejecting Trumpโ€™s entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.

Midterm updates | Raffensperger beats Trump-endorsed Hice

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has won the Republican primary in a bid to keep his job.

2022 midterms: What to watch in Georgia, Texas, elsewhere

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesdayโ€™s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Mixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations

The Texas Supreme Court is allowing the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse.

Possible overturning of Roe sends abortion fight to states

The bombshell leak of a draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark Roe v.

Caseworkers: Texas order on trans kids handled differently

Some child welfare workers in Texas say theyโ€™re quitting over a new directive that allows abuse investigations into parents of transgender kids.

Pro-Trump Ohio candidates realize endorsement may never come

Ohioโ€™s crowded Republican Senate race has been all about one man: Donald Trump.

Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents

A Texas judge is blocking the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth.

Lawsuit: Texas investigating parents of transgender youth

The parents of a transgender teenager in Texas say in a lawsuit that the state is investigating them after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered officials to look into reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse.

Texas primary sets up Abbott-O'Rourke race as midterms begin

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democratic challenger Beto Oโ€™Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season.

2022 midterm elections: What to know ahead of Texas' primary

The 2022 midterm election season opens Tuesday in Texas.

Texas primary is George P. Bush's biggest test yet in GOP

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In trans people, GOP candidates find latest 'wedge issue'

Political observers say Republican candidates are using transgender people as a classic โ€œwedge issueโ€ as 2022 campaigns heat up.

Texas governor order treats gender-confirming care as abuse

Texas Gov_ Greg Abbott has ordered the stateโ€™s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as โ€œchild abuse."

Returned ballots, worry in Texas start 2022's first primary

Early voting in the first primary of the 2022 midterm elections is starting in Texas.

State AG races become litmus test for GOP election claims

Races for state attorneys general are emerging as important battlegrounds this year as Republicans seek to expand their reach in the office sometimes referred to as โ€œthe people's lawyer.โ€.

Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states' Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status.

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

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.

Texas congressman joins GOP race for attorney general

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has joined the crowded field of Republicans mounting primary challenges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Voting lawsuit keeps Texas, Biden administration at odds

A lawsuit over new voting laws in Texas is bringing the state into court once again with the Biden administration.

Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions

The Biden administration is suing Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democrats.

19 states sue Biden administration over COVID vaccine rule

Nineteen states are now suing to block President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

US appeals court lets Texas resume ban on most abortions

A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nationโ€™s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas.

Texas judge says abortions can resume, but future uncertain

Abortions in Texas can resume under a federal judgeโ€™s ruling, but for how long.

Abortions resume in some Texas clinics after judge halts law

Abortions have resumed in at least six Texas clinics after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. Amy Hagstrom Miller is the president of Whole Woman's Health, which has four clinics in Texas.

Senate hopeful flexes power of AG's office through lawsuits

A U.S. Senate candidate in Missouri, Republican state Attorney General Eric Schmitt, is flexing the power of his office by filing a slew of lawsuits, including against Democratic cities and schools to stop mask mandates.

Mask debate moves from school boards to courtrooms

The often-heated debate over whether returning students should wear masks in the classroom has moved from school boards to courtrooms.

The Latest: Louisiana gov. urges parents to mask children

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is calling on parents to take seriously the coronavirus risks for children and to ensure students wear face masks.

Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions amid surge

A surge of COVID-19 cases is prompting federal courts to impose new restrictions and requirements for mask-wearing and vaccinations.

The Latest: Florida reports 21,683 new cases of COVID-19

Florida has reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the stateโ€™s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday.

Texas attorney general says bar probe is unconstitutional

Lawyers for Texasโ€™ embattled attorney general have asked the state bar association to drop its investigation into whether the Republicanโ€™s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.

AP Exclusive: State bar investigating Texas attorney general

The Texas bar association has opened an investigation into whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxtonโ€™s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.

Texas GOP's Allen West resigns after combative run as chair

Texas GOP Chairman Allen West is stepping down after a short but combative run of using the job to antagonize top Republicans in Americaโ€™s biggest red state.

George P. Bush running for attorney general in Texas

Republican George P.

Texas GOP's strict voting bill on the verge of final vote

The Texas Legislature is on the verge of signing off on some of the most restrictive voting measures in the U.S. A vote was expected Sunday in the GOP-controlled Texas House that would send Republican Gov. Greg Abbott a raft of election changes that would eliminate drive-thru voting and empower partisan poll watchers.

Texas GOP puts final touches on sweeping voting restrictions

Texas Republicans are digging in for a final weekend vote on some of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S. A sweeping bill finalized Saturday would eliminate drive-thru voting, reduce polling hours and scale back Sunday voting.

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

A judge has rejected the National Rifle Associationโ€™s bankruptcy bid, blocking its plan to reincorporate in Texas.

Supreme Court rejects Texas suit over California travel ban

The Supreme Court has refused to consider Texasโ€™ challenge to Californiaโ€™s ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other states deemed to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

Republicans trod well-worn path to court to sue Biden

These are busy days for Republican state attorneys general, filing repeated lawsuits that claim President Joe Biden and his administration are overstepping their authority on immigration, climate change, the environment and taxes.

The Latest: Navajo Nation extends "safer at home" order

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The Latest: Texas state judge upholds Austin's mask mandate

Doug Ducey said the site switch will maintain the stateโ€™s vaccination programโ€™s presence in southeastern Maricopa County while protecting staff, volunteers and people getting vaccinated. Greece is currently grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections which has seen many hospitals run by the state health system reach capacity. 23, a total of 42,028 COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed on the island nation of around 900,000 people, of which 248 died due to COVID-19. Kate Brown said those groups will now be eligible to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine on April 5. ___PHOENIX โ€” Arizona on Friday reported 571 new coronavirus cases and 24 deaths as the number of virus-related hospitalizations remained fairly stable.

States sue Biden in bid to revive Keystone XL pipeline

Committee Ranking Member Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., speaks during a hearing to examine the nomination of former Gov. โ€“ Attorneys general from 21 states on Wednesday sued to to overturn President Joe Bidenโ€™s cancellation of the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. Led by Ken Paxton of Texas and Austin Knudsen of Montana, the states said Biden had overstepped his authority when he revoked the permit for the Keystone pipeline on his first day in office. Construction on the 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) pipeline began last year when former President Donald Trump revived the long-delayed project after it had stalled under the Obama administration. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana.

Amid FBI probe, Texas official hired from big donor family

FILE - This Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump. The attorney general's office and Gleason have not responded to repeated requests for comment. Case records show proceeds from the sale went to Tom Gleason as well as his mother and father, Alfred Gleason. Reached by phone, Tom Gleason said he does not speak to reporters and hung up. On Jan. 25, he was in Austin preparing to give a presentation, which the attorney generalโ€™s office declined to release.

Texas power company seeks bankruptcy protection after storm

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc., the oldest and biggest generation and transmission power cooperative in Texas has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following last months winter storm that left millions without power. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)The largest and oldest power cooperative in Texas is filing for bankruptcy protection, citing last monthโ€™s winter storm that left millions without power, and it is unlikely to be the last utility to seek shelter in the courts. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative serves distributors that supply electricity to more than 1.5 million Texans in 68 counties from the Panhandle to Houston. Brazos said Monday that it was a โ€œfinancially robust, stable companyโ€ before the Arctic freeze that hit Texas between Feb. 13 and Feb. 19. Ed Hirs, who teaches energy economics at the University of Houston, is sure there will be more power company bankruptcies.

Texas takes on Biden but Republicans keep distance from AG

FILE - This Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump. Thatโ€™s the real litmus test,โ€ said Republican state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, who pointed toward the deportation lawsuit and challenges last year to mail-in ballot applications around his Houston district. Paxton's budget requests may yet force Republican lawmakers to consider the exodus from his office. Greg Abbott โ€” who has previously said the accusations raise โ€œserious concernsโ€ โ€” and Paxton did not respond to questions. He has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he defrauded investors in a tech startup before becoming attorney general.

Judge bars Biden from enforcing 100-day deportation ban

A federal judge on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority of President Joe Biden. Tipton said the Biden administration had failed to provide any concrete, reasonable justification for a 100-day pause on deportations. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel, File)HOUSTON โ€“ A federal judge on Tuesday barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority of President Joe Biden. That was a reversal from Trump administration policy that made anyone in the U.S. illegally a priority for deportation. The 100-day moratorium went into effect Friday and applied to almost anyone who entered the U.S. without authorization before November.

Actions by GOP attorneys general could damage credibility

The Republican attorneys general for 17 other states made legal filings supporting his effort, which was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Republican attorneys general for 17 other states made legal filings supporting his effort, which was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Republican Attorneys General Association and its counterpart group for Democrats launched two decades ago. Eight Republican attorneys general opted against joining Paxton's effort. Doug Gansler, a former Democratic attorney general in Maryland, said attorneys general should not file motions based on "imaginary evidence,โ€ but expects judges to see those filings as political actions that do not taint the regular work of attorneys general.

Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress

On Wednesday, hallowed spaces of American democracy, one after another, yielded to the occupation of Congress. Trump told his morning crowd at the Ellipse that he would go with them to the Capitol, but he didnโ€™t. Yet Trump, in a video posted 90 minutes after lawmakers were evacuated, told the insurrectionists โ€œWe love you. He said security officers urged lawmakers to put gas masks on and herded them into a corner of the massive room. Shortly after being told to put on gas masks, most members were quickly escorted out of the chamber.

Hundreds of Trump supporters flock to DC ahead of vote

At least two local Black churches had Black Lives Matter banners torn down and set ablaze. Tarrio was accused of burning one of the Black Lives Matter banners in December and was found with two high-capacity firearm magazines, police said. A number of prominent Trump supporters were expected to attend, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and longtime Trump ally Roger Stone, the recipient of a pardon by the president. During previous pro-Trump protests, police sealed off Black Lives Matter Plaza itself, but the confrontations spilled out to the surrounding streets. Black Lives Matter Plaza was sealed off Tuesday.

After top staff exodus, Texas AG seeks $43M for Google suit

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. โ€œThe legal services cannot be adequately performed by the attorneys and supporting personnel,โ€ of the attorney generalโ€™s office, Paxton wrote. In response to questions for this story, Kayleigh Date, spokeswoman for Paxton's office, said โ€œthe contract speaks for itself." Itโ€™s unclear where the request for $43 million stands, and Paxtonโ€™s office did not answer questions about it. For instance, while Lanier was representing two Ohio counties in their landmark opioid lawsuit, Texas used state employees for its similar case against pharmaceutical company Johnยญson & Johnson.

DC mayor calls in National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON โ€“ Bracing for possible violence, the nation's capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by President Donald Trump's supporters in connection with the congressional vote expected Wednesday to affirm Joe Biden's election victory. Now with downtown D.C. businesses boarding up their windows, Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested a limited National Guard deployment to help bolster the Metropolitan Police Department. Because D.C. does not have a governor, the designated commander of the cityโ€™s National Guard is Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. The D.C. Guard will provide specialized teams that will be prepared to respond to any chemical or biological incident. But the official said there will be no D.C. Guard members on the National Mall or at the U.S. Capitol.

No immediate ruling after hearing on fate of DACA program

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo people rally outside the Supreme Court over President Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)HOUSTON โ€“ A federal judge did not immediately issue a ruling following a court hearing Tuesday on the fate of a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. The states also argued that DACA illegally awards benefits such as work authorization to recipients and has increased states' costs, including $250 million a year for social services to DACA recipients in Texas. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to protect DACA, but a ruling against the program could limit his ability to keep the program or something similar in place. In 2015, Hanen ruled Obama could not expand DACA protections or institute a program shielding their parents.

Obama-era program for immigrants faces new court challenge

The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as youth, complying with a federal judge's order. Arguing in favor of the program is a coalition of DACA recipients, represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. MALDEF argues that Texas and the other states lack standing, the ground on which the Supreme Court dismissed the state's election challenge. Advocates are calling for Congress to pass permanent protections for immigrants brought to the U.S. as youths. Opponents of the program argue that Obama illegally circumvented Congress months before his 2012 re-election and that he failed to follow federal procedure in establishing the program.

EXPLAINER: Dismissed election case pushed debunked claims

The elections lawsuit pushed by President Donald Trump and dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court was filled with claims that failed to withstand basic scrutiny. Together, Trump and his allies argued that the high court should set aside all four statesโ€™ votes, allowing Republican-led state legislatures to swing the election to the president. Itโ€™s just a fact.โ€The Supreme Court dismissed the case without addressing most of the lawsuit's allegations. Here is a look at some of the claims made in the case and how those claims had already been debunked. ___THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS: There are โ€œfacts for which no independently verified reasonable explanation yet exists.โ€THE FACTS: Each of the listed "factsโ€ has an independently verified explanation.

Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory

Kathy Kratt of Orlando, Fla., displays her Trump flags as she and other protesters demonstrate their support for President Donald Trump at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Trump bemoaned the decision late Friday, tweeting: โ€œThe Supreme Court really let us down. Two days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed his suit, Trump jumped into the high court case. โ€œIf the Supreme Court shows great Wisdom and Courage, the American People will win perhaps the most important case in history, and our Electoral Process will be respected again!โ€ he tweeted Friday afternoon. Many Republican voters in several states won by Biden have demanded that their elected officials find a way to invalidate the president-elect's victories.

Michigan AG on lawsuit seeking to overturn election: โ€˜This is how democracies dieโ€™

Related: AG Barr: No evidence of voter fraud thatโ€™d change election outcomeโ€œThis is how democracies die,โ€ Nessel said Friday. โ€œBy virtue of these types of actions, which are unprecedented in American history.โ€Legal experts donโ€™t believe the high court will hear the case. Despite that, four Michigan GOP congressmen have signed onto the case and 15 GOP state lawmakers. Nessel and the Attorney Generals of the other states have all filed briefs with the high court. Each member who signed their names on their respective briefs also won their own elections in 2020, which they are now asking to be invalidated.

EXPLAINER: Dismissed election case pushed debunked claims

The elections lawsuit pushed by President Donald Trump and dismissed Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court was filled with claims that failed to withstand basic scrutiny. Together, Trump and his allies argued that the high court should set aside all four statesโ€™ votes, allowing Republican-led state legislatures to swing the election to the president. Itโ€™s just a fact.โ€The Supreme Court dismissed the case without addressing most of the lawsuit's allegations. Here is a look at some of the claims made in the case and how those claims had already been debunked. ___THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS: There are โ€œfacts for which no independently verified reasonable explanation yet exists.โ€THE FACTS: Each of the listed "factsโ€ has an independently verified explanation.

Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory

Kathy Kratt of Orlando, Fla., displays her Trump flags as she and other protesters demonstrate their support for President Donald Trump at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Trump bemoaned the decision late Friday, tweeting: โ€œThe Supreme Court really let us down. Two days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed his suit, Trump jumped into the high court case. โ€œIf the Supreme Court shows great Wisdom and Courage, the American People will win perhaps the most important case in history, and our Electoral Process will be respected again!โ€ he tweeted Friday afternoon. Many Republican voters in several states won by Biden have demanded that their elected officials find a way to invalidate the president-elect's victories.

Michigan AG responds to Texas lawsuit against stateโ€™s election process

Michiganโ€™s election results faced another round of legal challenges in courts both big and small just four days before the Electoral College is slated to meet and finalize the 2020 election. In the U.S. Supreme Court, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel responded to the state of Texas, which is suing Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia -- three other key states that voted in favor of President-elect Joe Biden. Texas alleged that Michigan broke its own election laws to send absentee ballots to voters during a pandemic, and argued that the court should throw out millions of votes. More: Michigan AG: Texas AG Paxtonโ€™s election lawsuit is clear signal request for pardon by TrumpNessel said the claims in the lawsuit are โ€œabsurdโ€ and already have been debunked in lower courts. The scheme has been floated and then called for by President Trump, his campaign and his legal team before and after the presidential election in an effort to overturn election results.

Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvanias certification of President-elect Joe Bidens victory in the electoral battleground. โ€œBut itโ€™s worth it for the Supreme Court to weigh in and settle it once and for all,โ€ he said. Spencer Cox, who will become governor in January, blasted Attorney General Sean Reyes for deciding to join the suit. Despite the political pressure, Idahoโ€™s Republican attorney general chose not to join the Texas suit.

Michigan AG: Texas AG Paxtonโ€™s election lawsuit is clear signal request for pardon by Trump

Attorneys general in several states including Michigan have to respond to a lawsuit in U.S. Supreme Court filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel believes Paxton has a personal motive and is seeking a pardon by President Trump. And I will say this to General Paxton, if heโ€™s watching, you know who voted for you in Michigan, General Paxton? Donโ€™t come to mine.โ€โ€œYou know who voted for you in Michigan, General Paxton? The lawsuit repeats numerous false, disproven and unsupported claims of illegal mail-in balloting and voting in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Trump's election fight puts embattled Texas AG in spotlight

AUSTIN, Texas โ€“ A lawsuit that President Donald Trump is now calling โ€œthe big oneโ€ in his effort to overturn the outcome of the presidential election is helmed by an embattled Texas ally who is likewise trying to reverse his own skidding fortunes. On Wednesday, 17 Republican-led states threw support behind Paxton's lawsuit that rehashes numerous disproven and unsupported allegations of illegal voting. โ€œHe's playing to the hometown crowd with that lawsuit,โ€ said Bill Miller, a longtime GOP political consultant in Texas who talks with Paxton. Paxton, who has broadly denied wrongdoing and has pleaded not guilty in the securities fraud case, has said he will not resign. โ€œI feel sorry for Texans that their tax dollars are being wasted on such a genuinely embarrassing lawsuit,โ€ Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul tweeted.

Texas AG files lawsuit in U.S. Supreme Court against Michigan on election process

LANSING, Mich. โ€“ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a Lawsuit Tuesday claiming that Michigan and other battleground states altered election laws and flooded the state with ballots with no chain of custody. The lawsuit asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case after the Court declined to hear a Pennsylvania case that wanted to reverse that stateโ€™s vote certification. The lawsuit repeats numerous false, disproven and unsupported allegations of illegal mail-in balloting and voting in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. This year, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sent out applications to vote, not actual ballots, unless the voter completed the process to vote absentee. Their votes were counted, in some cases, multiple times.โ€The audits will include a statewide risk-limiting audit, a complete zero-margin risk-limiting audit in Antrim County, and procedural audits in more than 200 jurisdictions statewide, including absentee ballot counting boards, according to the Bureau.

Trump looks past Supreme Court loss to new election lawsuit

The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvanias certification of President-elect Joe Bidens victory in the electoral battleground. โ€œWe will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case,โ€ Trump said hours before the high court filing. Shortly before tweeting about joining Paxton's case, Trump distanced himself from the Pennsylvania challenge, saying it wasn't his. โ€œThe case everyone has been waiting for is the State's case with Texas and numerous others joining," he said. Biden beat Trump by more than 80,000 votes in Pennsylvania, a state Trump had won in 2016.

Texas attorney general files lawsuit against Michigan on election process

LANSING, Mich. โ€“ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a brief Tuesday claiming that Michigan and other battleground states altered election laws and flooded the state with ballots with no chain of custody. This year, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sent out applications to vote, not actual ballots unless the voter completed the process to vote absentee. President Donald Trumpโ€™s legal team has not been successful in Michigan so far. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case that wanted to reverse Pennsylvaniaโ€™s vote certification. Their votes were counted, in some cases, multiple times.โ€Watch the full report in the video posted above.

'A new movement': Trump's false claims take hold in states

Dozens of state lawmakers, elected officials and party leaders in recent weeks have endorsed and advanced Trumpโ€™s false claims, and in some cases called for undemocratic actions to reverse results. None of the moves have had an impact on the election results โ€” and even Republican governors have certified Bidenโ€™s win. In Texas, the state's Republican attorney general has filed a lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court demanding that other states' Electoral College votes be invalidated. Even in liberal Massachusetts, five GOP candidates who lost their races filed a federal lawsuit Monday trying to decertify the stateโ€™s election results, recycling claims about irregularities and voting machines. Meanwhile, Trump's attempts to personally persuade GOP lawmakers, governors and state election officials to intervene have failed.

AP Explains: The FBI is investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton

DALLAS โ€“ The FBI recently opened a criminal investigation into claims that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton abused his office to benefit a wealthy donor. Paxton, a 57-year-old lawyer, was a Texas legislator before he became the state attorney general in 2015. Seven senior lawyers in Paxton's office reported him to the FBI in late September, accusing him of abusing his office, bribery and other crimes. In another request for a criminal investigation that reached Paxton's office, Paul claimed businessmen and another judge were conspiring to steal $200 million worth of his properties. But the latter is rare in Texas and the attorney general has a defender in his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton.

Daily COVID-19 deaths in US reach highest level since May

And the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 hit another all-time high at more than 80,000. California ordered a 10 p.m.-to 5-a.m. curfew starting Saturday, covering 94% of the stateโ€™s 40 million residents. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are at their highest level since late May, when the Northeast was emerging from the first wave of the crisis. โ€œThis is not a bill that can become law.โ€In California, the curfew affects 41 of the state's 58 counties. The move came as health officials reported more than 4,000 additional COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day.

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