It took just seconds for a routine traffic stop on a Texas highway to escalate into a fatal shooting that left 24-year-old ...

A wave of new laws and new technology might finally bring the era of the online pornography free-for-all to a close.

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship could have significant repercussions for Texas ...

A Department of Justice watchdog on Tuesday challenged a popular Texas bankruptcy court's practice of approving broad legal ...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hearing arguments in a case that will weigh the standard for how deadly police shootings ...

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Every major U.S. medical group, including the American Medical Association, has opposed the bans and said gender-affirming ...

A Texas congressman is pushing legislation to end birthright citizenship — an effort that comes as President Donald Trump’s ...

President Donald Trump signed a long list of executive orders on his first day, including one that seeks to end birthright citizenship in the U.S.

Gov. Greg Abbott swore in UT alumnus Jimmy Blacklock as chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court on Jan. 7. The Supreme Court of Texas is the state’s highest authority on civil and constitutional ...

The FDA says vaping companies are improperly gaming the court system, filing claims in an appeals court they think will be sympathetic to them.