Federal judges in New York and Texas on Wednesday issued orders to temporarily halt the deportation of Venezuelan plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act – a wartime authority the administration has invoked to deport alleged gang members without due process.

Judges in Texas and New York have temporarily barred the U.S. government from deporting Venezuelans jailed in parts of those two states while their lawyers challenge the Trump administration’s use of a rarely invoked law letting presidents imprison and deport noncitizens in times of war.

On the heels of at least 15 Texas A&M students and two graduates of the University of Texas at Austin having their student visas revoked without notification, several other Texas universities are now reporting additional students affected by such actions.

Texas Tech has confirmed 3 international students have had their visas revoked - a trend other Texas and national universities are facing.

At least 118 international students at Texas universities have had their legal status changed in a wave of removals from a federal database that have swept across the state and th

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's decision to run for the U.S. Senate continues one of the most consistent streaks in Texas politics. Every Texas attorney general since 1972 has used the position as a springboard to higher office by either running for governor or the United States Senate.

Former Texas Republican Party Chairman Matt Rinaldi, who is close to Attorney General Ken Paxton, didn't waste any time backing him in the campaign to unseat Sen. John Cornyn. In an interview with CBS News Texas on Wednesday,

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his bid to challenge current Sen. John Cornyn in the state's 2026 Republican primary election.