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Mounting Debt Taking a Toll on Health, Nearly Half of Americans Say

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Commerce Department Threatens to Take Ownership of Harvard Patents

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Zelenskyy Rules Out Ceding Land to Russia Ahead of Trump-Putin Meeting

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court on Aug. 8, asking the court to declare the House seats of 13 Texas Democrats vacant due to “unlawful absences.” Paxton filed the lawsuit shortly after Democrats broke a deadline set by Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows to return to the Capitol on Friday. “I have asked the Texas Supreme Court to declare what has been clear from the beginning: that the runaway members have officially vacated their offices in the Texas House,” Paxton said in a press release. Story continues below advertisement The lawsuit is aimed at 13 Democratic members who stated publicly they refused to return, “confirming in their own words the very grounds for this legal action,” according to the press release. Those named include the following Texas Democratic representatives: Ron Reynolds, Vikki Goodwin, Gina Hinojosa, James Talarico, Lulu Flores, Mihaela Plesa, Suleman Lalani, Chris Turner, Ana-Maria Ramos, Jessica Gonzalez, John Bucy III, Christina Morales, and Gene Wu, the Texas House Democratic Caucus chairman. Paxton said Texas law gives him the authority to represent the state in “quo warranto actions” and to appear before the Texas Supreme Court in matters of direct state interest. Related Stories Texas Governor Aims to Remove Absent Democrats With Emergency Petition to State High Court The Epoch Times Texas Holds Legislative Session After Democrat Lawmakers Depart The Epoch Times More than 50 state Democrats fled the state to derail Republican plans to redraw the state’s Congressional map before the midterm elections. “When members of the legislature disregard arrest warrants, refuse to perform their duties, and announce that they intend to prevent the legislature from exercising its constitutional responsibilities, they have, through words and conduct, demonstrated an intent to relinquish and abandon their offices,” the lawsuit states. Such legal action is rarely used. Warranto petitions are typically used to challenge a person’s right to hold a public or corporate office or to revoke a corporation’s charter. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also filed a warranto petition on Aug. 5 with the state’s high court, naming Wu as a respondent. The governor’s lawsuit alleged that House Democrats abdicated their official duties by refusing to show up for work. Story continues below advertisement The state justices gave Wu until Friday to respond. Paxton and Burrows took steps to enforce arrest warrants in other states, while the attorney general also began investigations into Powered by People and Texas Majority PAC for allegedly “operating an illegal financial influence scheme to bribe Democrats into breaking quorum.” Also, the fleeing Democrats potentially face felony charges and fines of $500 per day that must be paid from their own funds. The fight between Democrats and Republicans started when the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent Abbott a letter on July 7 raising concerns that four congressional districts in the Houston and Dallas areas were unconstitutional because of “racial gerrymandering.” Current boundaries run afoul of the Voting Rights Act by relying on racial demographics to group minority voters into “coalition districts,” where no single racial group forms a majority, according to the DOJ. Abbott added redrawing the congressional map onto the special session agenda, prompting the Democrats to purposefully break quorum and grind the legislature to a halt.

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Texas AG Files Suit With State Supreme Court to Declare Seats of 13 Absent Democrats Vacant

by USNN World NewsAugust 8, 2025August 8, 2025

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Hard to Believe? For the Miami Marlins, the Wild Card Is Within Reach

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Suspect Dead, Officer Killed in Shooting Reported at Emory University

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Trump to Meet Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15

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Trump Gained ‘10 Times More Income’ for Average Families Than Biden, Says Economist

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FAA Plans to Hire Nearly 9,000 Air Traffic Controllers by 2028 Amid Nationwide Shortage

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US Households Owed an Average of $152,653 at the End of Q2 2025: Report

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For 2nd straight pres election, Trump outperforms polls, pundits’ expectations

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PM of Melania’s homeland congratulates Trump on victory

By Reuters Staff SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa congratulated Donald Trump on what he described in a tweet as a clear victory ...

As America counts, the world holds its breath for U.S. election outcome

By Luke Baker, Libby George, Daria Sito-Sucic LONDON/LAGOS/SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A day after Americans voted in a bitterly contested election, the rest of the world was none ...

Pennsylvania county under scrutiny as judge weighs in on claims ballots were canvassed early, changed: report

By Brittany De Lea | Fox News The modified ballots are to be sequestered pending further guidance. One county in the key swing state of Pennsylvania has already found itself ...

Election betting odds have flipped to favor Trump, expert says

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Was my vote counted? A state-by-state guide to tracking your absentee ballot

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Trump on track to win farmers’ votes despite trade war, pandemic challenges

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Joe Biden wants to ‘suppress’ capitalism, Home Depot’s Langone says

By Talia Kaplan FOXBusiness Langone co-founded Home Depot in 1978 and helped create what would be become the world’s largest home improvement retailer. Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone told “Cavuto: Coast ...

Election Day: With polls closing in hours, stakes for Trump, Biden reach their peak

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Stock market history would suggest that Trump will defeat Biden

By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness The S&P 500 gained 1.2% in three months leading up to Election Day. Stock market history suggests President Trump will prove the polls wrong and secure ...

Rush Limbaugh says media’s narrative about enthusiasm for Biden will be proven wrong

By Joshua Q. Nelson | Fox News Radio host said conventional wisdom will be wrong just like in 2016. Radio host Rush Limbaugh stressed the importance of this Election Day saying it ...

What to know on Election Day 2020: Culmination of the battle for the White House

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Election Day Guide: Battleground state watch list, key races, poll closing times and when to expect a winner. Americans on Tuesday are ...