J. DAVID GOODMAN

The case, overseen by Texas House Republicans, included testimony by Ken Paxton’s top aides, who said they had seen repeated abuses of the attorney general’s...

A federal judge ordered the state to move the barrier, placed to discourage illegal crossings from Mexico, to the banks of the river.

The former aide, Jeff Mateer, testified for a second day in Mr. Paxton’s impeachment trial, describing feelings of alarm and betrayal.

The effort to help the Texas attorney general, whose impeachment trial starts Tuesday, is part of an ongoing struggle over the Republican Party’s future.

The state’s highest court declined to stop a new law banning transition care for transgender minors from taking effect as legal challenges proceed.

As part of a state takeover plan, libraries in underperforming schools are becoming spaces for disruptive students to watch lessons on computers.

In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended a second prosecutor. In Texas, activists are trying a new way to get rid of D.A.s they dislike.

The city ended a partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety this month after troubling incidents. In response, Gov. Greg Abbott sent in more...

Officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety said that the body appeared to have floated there after a drowning upstream.

The governor brought in razor wire, floating barriers and state troopers to deter unauthorized migration. The federal government mounted its first legal pushback this week.