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The Associated Press has learned the decision not to bring charges resolved the high-stakes federal probe before Trump’s new Justice Department leadership could even take action on the investigation. One of Paxton’s lawyers told the AP he had not been informed by the Justice Department of any decision in the investigation.

Carroll ISD last year sued the DOE over the Biden administration’s changes to Title IX that would’ve added gender identity to the definition of “sex” to protect against discrimination. In Wednesday's ruling, the judge reiterated the change “endangers students and has no basis in reality.”

At least two Southern Methodist University graduates will perform at Monday's 60th presidential inauguration, upholding an American tradition more than two centuries old.

President Joe Biden declared Thursday, Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning in honor of the death of Jimmy Carter.

In total, Biden commuted 37 out of 40 death sentences to life without the possibility of parole. The group Human Rights Dallas said the president should grant clemency to all 40.

The overtime rule would have made more than 4 million workers newly eligible to earn overtime on Jan. 1. Then a federal judge in Texas said the Biden administration had gone too far.

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.

Perhaps the biggest Texas takeaway from the presidential election is that more counties went Republican this cycle — specifically in the Rio Grande Valley and surrounding areas. Experts say it’s the culmination of a years-long GOP strategy.

The Biden administration said Thursday it is launching a broad investigation into the state of competition in air travel, including the effect of mergers and joint ventures between airlines.

The Supreme Court decided Monday that a court order finding Texas hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a state abortion ban will stay for now. Texas had asked the justices to leave the order in place while the Biden administration had asked the justices to throw out the lower court order.

A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years.

The Texas Attorney General is following his familiar playbook by taking the case to a federal judge with a record of rulings against the Biden administration’s agenda.