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Anthony Paz Torres pleaded guilty to five federal hate crimes for killing one person and attempting to kill four others at a tire shop on Buckner Boulevard in 2015, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
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The Justice Department's critical incident review comes more than a year and a half after the gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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The ACLU of Texas and other civil rights groups are trying to block Texas from implementing Senate Bill 4, which makes unauthorized entry into the state a crime.
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The lawsuit alleges that Senate Bill 4 violates the U.S Constitution because it challenges the federal government’s authority over immigration laws.
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The state has until Jan. 3 to say it won’t arrest people accused of unauthorized entry from Mexico. If not, the Biden administration will sue, saying immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.
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The Justice Department has filed its first predatory mortgage lending case against a Texas developer accused of luring tens of thousands of Hispanic homebuyers into “bait and switch” sales through platforms like TikTok. The lawsuit filed Wednesday focuses on a large development northeast of Houston.
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U.S. regulators have sued SolarWinds and its top security executive forfraud for allegedly concealing poor cybersecurity practices ahead of theTexas-based technology company's stunning hack by Russian spies.
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The Justice Department has notified the state of Texas that it will file suit over Abbott's floating buoy barrier in the middle of the Rio Grande. Abbott welcomed the legal challenge.
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Paxton’s lawyer had argued that federal prosecutors based out of San Antonio had an “obvious conflict” in the investigation.
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Accused El Paso Walmart shooter pleads guilty to 90 federal charges including hate crimes.
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Federal monitors will be on the ground in Harris, Dallas and Waller counties on Election Day as part of the department’s regular deployment for major elections.