https://www.scmp.com/rss/522462/feed The latest news and top stories on Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas. Known for his conservative legal approach, he has served as the state’s chief legal officer since 2015, having previously been a Texas State Senator and Representative. He leads a large office responsible for defending state laws, representing Texas in litigation and providing legal counsel to state agencies. His work involves enforcing child support, combating consumer fraud and human trafficking and challenging federal... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump further cemented his grip over the Republican Party on Tuesday as his favoured candidate in a bitter Texas primary run-off, scandal-plagued Ken Paxton, trounced incumbent Senator John Cornyn. Paxton’s resounding victory, quickly called by Fox News and CNN after polls closed, underscored Trump’s continued power to make or break Republican political careers - even as lawmakers on Capitol Hill begin to rebel over the Iran war, his White House ballroom project and a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354965/trump-endorsed-paxton-wins-texas-run-ousting-long-time-senator?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354965/trump-endorsed-paxton-wins-texas-run-ousting-long-time-senator?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 May 2026 01:29:40 +0000 Reuters Reuters Sixteen months into his second presidency, Donald Trump may ⁠be as unpopular as he has ever been among the American electorate – but his grip on his ⁠core base of Maga voters remains unshaken. That power was on full display over the last two weeks, as Trump ousted a string of fellow Republicans he considered apostates for not showing him enough personal fealty. The president’s revenge tour continued on Tuesday, when a hand-picked loyalist defeated US congressman Thomas Massie, a frequent critic,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354293/how-trumps-revenge-tour-against-republicans-could-backfire-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354293/how-trumps-revenge-tour-against-republicans-could-backfire-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 May 2026 23:36:38 +0000 Reuters Reuters Netflix was sued on Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accused the streaming company of spying on children and other consumers by collecting their data ‌without consent and designing its platform to be addictive. The lawsuit says that for years, Netflix has falsely represented to consumers that it did not collect or share user data, when it actually tracked and sold viewers’ habits and preferences to commercial data brokers and advertising technology companies, making billions of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3353202/netflix-sued-texas-allegedly-spying-children-addicting-users?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3353202/netflix-sued-texas-allegedly-spying-children-addicting-users?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 May 2026 23:08:13 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A US appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Texas can require the Bible’s Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools, a win for Christian conservatives who want their faith in classrooms. The 120-page decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals came in response to the legal battle that sprang up after a Texas law, Senate Bill 10 (SB10), required the scripture be posted in every classroom – which met legal challenges from families of diverse faiths with children in public schools. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3350949/us-court-allows-texas-public-schools-display-ten-commandments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3350949/us-court-allows-texas-public-schools-display-ten-commandments?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:45:14 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press James Talarico barely mentioned Donald Trump when he finally got to give his victory speech on Wednesday night as Democrats’ nominee for US Senate in Texas. But the 36-year-old state lawmaker is now a frontman for the left’s opposition to Trump, not just in his own state but around the country. With his victory over US congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, the state lawmaker from Austin will test whether a smiling message of unity and change is enough to answer voters’ frustrations amid discord at... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345517/texan-james-talarico-face-democrats-2026-us-midterm-hopes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345517/texan-james-talarico-face-democrats-2026-us-midterm-hopes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:48:01 +0000 Reuters Reuters US Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will square off in a high-stakes run-off for ⁠the state’s Republican nomination for Senate, pitting a long-time member of the party’s establishment against an insurgent hardliner as the midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday. Neither man was able to exceed the 50 per cent threshold necessary to win outright in Tuesday’s voting, ensuring that the most expensive Senate primary in history will extend another 12 weeks into May. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345370/texas-tests-party-fault-lines-2026-us-midterms-begin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345370/texas-tests-party-fault-lines-2026-us-midterms-begin?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:27:55 +0000 Reuters Reuters ⁠Texas has sued TP-Link Systems for allegedly marketing its networking devices deceptively and allowing Beijing to access American consumers’ devices, the state attorney general said on Tuesday. “Despite its ‌claims of privacy and security, TP-Link’s products have been used by [China’s] state-sponsored hacking entities to launch multiple cyberattack operations against the United States,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. “With nearly all of ⁠its... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343846/texas-sues-tp-link-alleging-chinese-government-access-its-devices?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343846/texas-sues-tp-link-alleging-chinese-government-access-its-devices?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:12:26 +0000 Frank Tang Frank Tang If the US hopes to rebuild a competitive shipbuilding industry and narrow China’s commanding lead, it should adopt some lessons from Beijing – emphasising long-term planning, steady government funding and policy consistency, witnesses told a US Senate hearing this week. China’s phenomenal rise in the global shipbuilding sector has caught the attention of Washington’s policymakers who are keen to restore the nation’s commercial fleet and production capacity, leading many to blame China for... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3330819/american-lawmakers-told-us-must-learn-china-revive-shipbuilding?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3330819/american-lawmakers-told-us-must-learn-china-revive-shipbuilding?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:09:27 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A US federal court in Texas is dismissing a suit against a state law that would restrict property ownership and leasing by Chinese citizens, less than a month before the measure is to be implemented, according to one of the lawyers in the case. The law, signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in June and set to take effect on September 1, restricts real estate purchases by companies, individuals and government entities linked to countries that the federal government or Texas governor designates as... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3321914/court-dismiss-suit-against-texas-law-limit-chinese-property-rights-lawyer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3321914/court-dismiss-suit-against-texas-law-limit-chinese-property-rights-lawyer?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:14:43 +0000 Reuters Reuters Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened on Monday to arrest Democratic lawmakers who were using their collective absence from the state capital to prevent the legislature from adopting a Republican-backed plan for redrawing Texas congressional districts. The exodus of more than 50 Democrats from the Texas legislature staging a kind of temporary political exile in Democratic-led states was intended to deny Republicans in Austin the quorum necessary to vote on the redistricting plan, championed by... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320764/texas-governor-orders-arrest-democrats-absent-redistricting-vote?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320764/texas-governor-orders-arrest-democrats-absent-redistricting-vote?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Aug 2025 04:08:23 +0000