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AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants to exclude from his upcoming impeachment trial statements made by whistleblowers. In a motion filed Wednesday, Paxton called on the Senate court to discard all statements made to the House investigating committee that recommended his impeachment. He named four whistleblowers who sued after his office fired them claiming it was retaliation over complaints …

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal team wants more details on the allegations that led to his impeachment, telling Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a legal filing that without the information, it will be impossible to prepare a legal defense. Paxton is demanding that House managers provide an itemized list on what Texas laws he is accused of …

AUSTIN — Rep. Jeff Leach was “pissed off.” He had just found out that Ken Paxton wanted $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit with a group of whistleblowers who’d accused him of corruption and retaliation. Leach, a Collin County Republican like Paxton, considered the Texas attorney general a friend — one he fiercely defended in the past. But asking the …

AUSTIN — A dead person was found Wednesday stuck to the buoys Texas officials installed at the Mexican border and which are the heart of a Justice Department lawsuit that seeks to have them removed. Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena said in a press release that officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety alerted the Mexican Consulate in Eagle Pass that …

Four years ago, Ana was at an El Paso Walmart buying the makings of a birthday cake for her husband. She was with her son, then 9 years old. Wednesday, she was part of a virtual conference, recounting the 2019 afternoon a gunman opened fire at the store, killing 23 people and wounding 22 more. The killer is a self-proclaimed …

Duke of Sussex Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have been advised to utilize strikes in Hollywood to their advantage. Hollywood filmmaker Paul Duddridge told Express UK that the royal couple could use these strikes as cover to review their creative plans. Paul Duddridge says: “Harry and Meghan may yet turn out to be beneficiaries of the strike. “It will give …

A 46-year-old man was arrested Monday for the 1997 slaying of a 56-year-old Fort Worth woman after having similar charges dismissed against him over a decade ago. Fort Worth police arrested Michael Puryear in connection with the killing of Verna Dennis. Puryear — who was arrested this week at his home — faces a capital murder charge, with his bail …

The high temperatures this summer may have played a role in delays for DART rails in downtown Dallas. The transit agency sent out alerts about delays on all its rail lines a little after 7 p.m. Tuesday due to an incident near the West End Station. DART spokesman Gordon Shattles said a damaged overhead catenary line near the station was …

Enough sunlight hits the Earth in an hour and a half to power the whole world for a year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Of course, the entire surface of the Earth isn’t covered in solar panels, and powering a grid on solely solar power would be a major challenge. But solar power generates electricity without carbon emissions, …

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