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Ken Paxton Warns Big 12 Conference Against Sanctioning Texas Tech

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State Rep. James Talarico: "I welcome this debate about what it means to be a man, and I don't think Ken Paxton or Ted Cruz are in a position to tell anybody what a real man is."

Attorney General Ken Paxton: "The media is covering it up… He’s going on interviews and distancing himself from everything he said in the past. But we are going to hold him accountable for what he voted for and what he said."

Republican Party of Texas Chair Abraham George: "I want to congratulate @DrindaRandall and @CoveyTX on their nomination as Chair and Vice Chair of our @TexasGOP.”

Rep. Brandon Gill: "Tim Walz made a Faustian bargain with the Somali fraud community — we’ll look the other way, you deliver the votes."

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Trump Withdraws Planned Iran Strikes, Says Agreement Is Near — By Texas Politics' Payton Anderson — After several days of intense escalation, President Donald Trump announced...

FISA Extension Fails, Leaving Key Surveillance Authority To Expire Tonight — By Texas Politics' Payton Anderson — A key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)...

Iran Says There Has Been No 'Final Conclusion On the Agreement' With the U.S. — By Texas Politics' Ashley Paredes — Iran says there has been no "final conclusion on the agreement" with the U.S...

Ken Paxton Warns Big 12 Conference Against Sanctioning Texas Tech — By Texas Politics' Raeylee Barefield — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) warned the Big 12 Conference that...

Greg Casar Seeks to Double Federal Overtime Pay Rate — By Texas Politics' Raeylee Barefield — U.S. Representative Greg Casar (D) has introduced legislation that...

 

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Daniel Molina

Daniel Molina is a managing editor and legislative correspondent with a decade of experience covering the evolving political landscape of the American South and Southwest.

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