By Janita Kan Several states have expressed their support for Texas’s bid to challenge the election results in four battleground states, which was filed on Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys general for Arkansas, Alabama, Missouri, and Louisiana have issued statements in support of a motion put forward by Texas asking the nation’s top court for […]
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Texas Asks Supreme Court to Rule Election in Four Battleground States Unconstitutional
By Ivan Pentchoukov The state of Texas on Tuesday filed an election lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, alleging that the states unconstitutionally changed election laws, treated voters unequally, and triggered significant voting irregularities by relaxing ballot-integrity measures. “Plaintiff State respectfully submits that the foregoing types of electoral irregularities exceed the hanging-chad saga […]
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‘Stay Home,’ Says Texas Mayor at Mexico Beach Resort
By Zachary Stieber A mayor in Texas who in a video urged people to stay home amid the COVID-19 pandemic recorded the footage from a resort in Mexico. Austin Mayor Steve Adler is the latest Democrat to violate laws or contradict recommendations. The video in question was posted on Nov. 9. Adler told people to stay home if they could, […]
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Texas assisted living employee charged with 134 counts of alleged election fraud, report
By Joseph Weber The social worker allegedly registered 67 residents without their consent. A Texas woman who worked at a supported-living center has been charged with 134 counts in an election-fraud investigation over the alleged registration of 67 residents without their consent, according to the Texas Attorney General office. Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday that […]
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Federal judge to hear challenge that may invalidate 127,000 ballots already cast in Texas
By Megan Henney | Fox News A federal judge in Houston is holding an emergency hearing Monday morning over a Republican-led effort to toss out nearly 127,000 ballots in the largest Texas county. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, will hear arguments from four Texas Republicans seeking to invalidate all ballots cast at drive-thru polling […]
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Texas Republicans challenge curbside, drive-thru voting in new lawsuit
By Megan Henney | Fox News Lawsuit seeks to halt drive-thru voting program, limit curbside voting. The Texas Republican Party filed a lawsuit Monday night challenging a decision by the state’s most populous county to provide more voting options amid the coronavirus pandemic. The state GOP’s lawsuit, filed in a state appeals court in Houston hours before early voting in Texas began, argued that […]
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says new criminal allegations against AG Ken Paxton ‘raise serious concerns’
By Megan Henney | Fox News Charges were made by members of the attorney general’s office. Top Texas Republicans are expressing concerns over new allegations that the Lone Star State’s attorney general Ken Paxton engaged in crimes like bribery and abuse of office. “These allegations raise serious concerns. I will withhold further comment until the results of any investigation are complete,” Republican […]
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Texas’ largest county is approving voter registrations for noncitizens, lawsuit claims
By Audrey Conklin | Fox News Noncitizens registering to vote harms both citizens and immigrants, according to the group. A conservative legal group is suing the largest county in Texas after discovering hundreds of instances of successful noncitizen voter registrations between 1996 and 2020. The Public Interest Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit against Harris County on Monday to prevent future illegal voting, citing […]
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Texas Attorney General announces 134 felony voter fraud charges in connection with 2018 Dem primary
By Michael Ruiz | Fox News The allegations include election fraud and mail-in ballot fraud. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced four arrests Thursday on dozens of felony charges in connection with an alleged vote harvesting scheme during the 2018 Democratic primary elections in Gregg County. “It is an unfortunate reality that elections can be stolen outright by mail ballot fraud,” Paxton […]
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Texas police group warns drivers to ‘enter at your own risk’ after Austin cuts police funding
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News ‘Limited support next 20 miles,’ one sign reads. A Texas police group has put up billboards on Austin city limits warning drivers that the city had cut its police budget. “Warning! Austin defunded police. Enter at your own risk!” one of the boards reads. “Limited support next 20 miles,” another sign reads. The Texas Municipal […]
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Hurricane Laura, now Category 4, may bring ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge to Texas-Louisiana border
By Janice Dean, Travis Fedschun, Brie Stimson | Fox News Storm surge from Laura could reach up to 30 miles inland, say forecasters. An intensifying Hurricane Laura grew stronger by the hour Wednesday over the Gulf of Mexico as forecasters said the system strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, spawning a storm surge that’s already swamped parts of the Gulf Coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) […]
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Texas Removes 3,484 COVID-19 Cases
By Zachary Stieber Health officials in Texas on Thursday subtracted thousands of COVID-19 cases from their running case count. A notice posted on the dashboard maintained by Texas Health and Human Services blamed local officials. “The San Antonio Metro Health District has clarified its reporting to separate confirmed and probable cases, so the Bexar County and statewide totals have been updated […]
