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Texas AG Ken Paxton cuts deal to pay $300K and avoid felony trial on fraud charges: ‘Happy to comply’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, agreed to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution on Tuesday under a deal cut with federal prosecutors to terminate fraud charges that have been leveraged against him for nine years. Paxton had pleaded not guilty.  Prosecutors announced the decision in a Houston courtroom just weeks before Paxton was set […]


Congressional diversity and inclusion office shut down by $1.2T government funding deal

A congressional office aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion was shuttered late last week with the passage of the bipartisan $1.2 trillion government spending package. The director of the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Sesha Joi Moon, announced the office would be dissolved as a result of the House passing its legislative funding bill, […]



Anti-Trump GOP Alaska Senator doesn’t shoot down notion of becoming independent

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, didn’t rule out becoming an independent during an interview and expressed regret that the GOP was “seemingly becoming a party of Donald Trump.” Murkowski, who voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial in 2021, told CNN’s Manu Raju she was navigating “interesting political times,” and would not say she […]