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Uvalde School District Releases Records Related to 2022 Robb Elementary Shooting

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DC Locals Have Mixed Reactions to Trump’s Police Takeover

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Trump Places DC Police Under Federal Control, Orders National Guard to Washington

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Environmental Protection Agency Terminates Contracts With Unionized Employees

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Commerce Department Threatens to Take Ownership of Harvard Patents

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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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Suspect Dead, Officer Killed in Shooting Reported at Emory University

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Trump Announces Apple’s Additional $100 Billion US Investment Plan

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Record US Honey Bee Losses and What Mite Be Behind Them

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Suspected Fort Stewart Shooter Identified as US Army Sergeant, Officials Say

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Violent and Property Crime Fell Sharply in 2024: FBI

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Texas Governor Orders Arrest of Democratic Lawmakers Who Left State

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California district attorney blasts Newsom’s leadership: ‘The blood of the children…is on your

By Audrey Conklin | Fox News ‘Stop using COVID-19 to further your political agenda,’ she said The Fresno County district attorney condemned Gov. Gavin Newsom’s changes to the state’s ...

Trump rallies at Florida’s The Villages to shore up support among senior citizens

By Paul Best FOXBusiness Biden has slight lead on Trump among seniors and in the Sunshine State. President Trump visited The Villages, a retirement community of more than ...

Joe Biden’s energy comments are a mix of incoherent and terrifying: Sen. Kevin Cramer

By Kevin Cramer FOXBusiness The former vice president’s proposals are dangerous and disconnected from reality. If former Vice President Joe Biden’s answers on energy during Thursday night’s presidential debate ...

Final Trump-Biden presidential debate: Top 5 moments

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Hunter Biden story, exchanges on immigration and coronavirus among top moments. The final debate of the 2020 presidential election between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden involved heated but ...

At final presidential debate Biden offers stunning misunderstanding of how economy actually works

By Andy Puzder FOXBusiness Biden spouted a slew of fundamental inaccuracies on Thursday night. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spent three days locked in his house this week, avoiding ...

Biden on the defensive after Trump calls him out allegedly pledging to ‘destroy the oil industry’

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Biden has remained consistent that he won’t ban fracking but plans to get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. After the final debate on ...

Trump, Biden clash on China, COVID in final presidential debate before election

By Adam Shaw | Fox News The final presidential debate will be moderated by NBC’s Kristen Welker. Fox News Democracy 2020: Presidential Debate President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are facing ...

Jobless claims lower than expected, but remain historically high

By Megan Henney FOXBusiness More than 64M Americans have sought jobless aid since coronavirus began. The number of Americans applying for state unemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped last week, ...

Violent summer proves deciding factor for some Minnesota voters

By Audrey Conklin | Fox News President Trump says he’s confident of winning Minnesota, despite polls that show him trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the battleground state, which has voted ...

Progressive journalist slams corporate media for ‘dangerous’ blackout of Hunter Biden scandal

By Brian Flood | Fox News ‘This is dangerous for the future of journalism,’ Jordan Chariton says. Progressive journalist Jordan Chariton slammed corporate media on Thursday for ignoring the ongoing ...

Deposition transcripts of accused Epstein enabler released amid trial

By Stephanie Pagones | Fox News The depositions were taken as part of a lawsuit brought against Maxwell by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. More than 400 pages of deposition transcripts ...

Trump knocks Pelosi, Schumer for ‘blue-state bailout’ amid coronavirus relief standstill

By Brittany De Lea FOXBusiness Senate Democrats blocked an attempt by Republicans to push through a $500 billion relief provision. President Trump went after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...