Dan Patrick's counsel for Paxton impeachment trial declines assignment
The day after Lt. Governor Dan Patrick appointed former judge Marc Brown to serve as counsel during Ken Paxton's trial, Brown declined the assignment.
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The day after Lt. Governor Dan Patrick appointed former judge Marc Brown to serve as counsel during Ken Paxton's trial, Brown declined the assignment.
Federal judges in Georgia and Texas are putting on hold provisions of two controversial laws passed as part of a GOP push to tighten voting regulations.
The documents come in response to claims by Paxton and his legal team that there is no evidence to support the 20 articles of impeachment against him.
Organizers say between 800 and 1,000 people are attending this year's Young Republican National Convention in downtown Dallas.
Jack Fink covers the biggest political stories making headlines in this week's episode.
Special counsel Jack Smith proposed a January 2024 trial date, but a federal judge in Washington, D.C. will have the final say.
Jack Fink sits down with the former Texas congressman to discuss why he thinks he should be president.
New statistics from the Dallas Police Department show violent crime fell in targeted hot spots during the second year of the Dallas Police Department's violent crime reduction plan. Police Chief Eddie Garcia and Mayor Eric Johnson spoke with CBS News Texas about the plan during a joint exclusive interview.
A federal appeals court upheld the 23-year-old approval of mifepristone, but said a series of actions the FDA took in recent years to make it easier to obtain went too far.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said that the 19 defendants have until noon on Aug. 25 to turn themselves in.
President Biden will meet with first responders, survivors and federal, state and local officials on the fire-ravaged island.
Powell filed numerous unsuccessful lawsuits alleging widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
The move comes days after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into the president's son.
Unlike in his past three arraignments, Trump as well as the 18 people indicted as co-conspirators were given about 11 days to surrender in Georgia, where cameras are permitted in court.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Alexis McGill Johnson contends, "This baseless case is an active effort to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers."
