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5/21/2026
Texas sues Discord, arguing online messaging platform endangered children, misled users
Posted 1:36 PM 5/22/2026 by Paul Cobler
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing online messaging platform Discord, accusing the tech company of exposing children to predators using the service and deceiving users about the safety of the platform.
Paxton filed the (More)
5/20/2026
Hurricane season expected to be mild in 2026, but officials urge Texans to stay prepared
Posted 11:33 AM 5/21/2026 by Alejandra Martinez
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, officials said Thursday, citing the expected El Niño weather (More)
5/19/2026
500,000 fewer Texans are on SNAP as participation slips nationally
Posted 1:20 PM 5/20/2026 by Terri Langford, DATA REPORTING BY Dan Keemahill
The number of Texans receiving food assistance dropped 14% in a year, reflecting a national decline, the result not only of stricter new work requirements imposed last year by the Trump administration but also rising fears of deportation, according to advocates.
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Doctors say woman in El Paso ICE detention center urgently requires surgery that she is being denied
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Ken Paxton wanted to limit forum shopping. Now lawyers say he’s improperly seeking favorable courts.
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Texas’ GOP Senate runoff pits an old guard-backed institutionalist against a Trump-picked flamethrower
5/18/2026
Inside the child sex abuse case that resulted in Ken Paxton’s office offering a plea deal of just one day in jail
Posted 2:36 PM 5/19/2026 by Neena Satija, Taylor Goldenstein and Molly-Jo Tilton, The Texas Tribune
WACO — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is under fire for a plea deal his prosecutors offered last month (More)
