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Sen. Richard J. Durbin asked Trump picks for Justice Department roles whether elected officials could refuse to obey a ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico.

According to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, in 2023, it experienced the worst staffing crisis in its history.

Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock asked for higher judicial pay and protections for parents in child custody cases in his first ...

Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock embraced constitutional originalism, a judicial philosophy tied to conservatism, in addressing ...

The Trump administration's plan to sell hundreds of federal properties, including iconic buildings, was abruptly halted ...

In a Thursday court filing in Brownsville, Texas, government lawyers asked a judge to end a pause in proceedings so they could file a notice of dismissal of the case. The Justice Department said it ...

The Trump administration handed down a slate of charges and arrests against members of an alleged migrant smuggling ring who ...

The Justice Department now says that President Donald ... is facing a federal firearms charge in Texas. DOJ has previously determined that a handful of defendants who fled and missed court ...

In a Thursday court filing in Brownsville, Texas, government lawyers asked a judge to end a pause in proceedings so they could file a notice of dismissal of the case. The Justice Department said ...

The subcommittee led by Marjorie Taylor Greene is quickly becoming the site of a pitched battle over Trump’s agenda.