Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Requests Rehear­ing at Fifth Cir­cuit to Defend Texas’s Abil­i­ty to Arrest and Pun­ish Ille­gal Aliens

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a petition for rehearing en banc before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, requesting the full court to uphold Senate Bill 4, which is a Texas law that makes illegal entry and reentry a state crime and grants state judges certain remedial powers.

August 01, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Scores Major Win to Hold Black­Rock, State Street, and Van­guard Account­able for Ille­gal­ly Con­spir­ing to Manip­u­late Ener­gy Markets

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a major victory against BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard for conspiring to artificially manipulate the coal market through anticompetitive trade practices.

August 01, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Suc­cess­ful Launch of New Mod­ern­ized Child Sup­port Sys­tem to Strength­en Ser­vices for Texas Families

July 31, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Takes Legal Action Against New York Coun­ty Clerk Stop­ping Rad­i­cal Abor­tion­ist from Fac­ing Justice

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a legal petition against the New York Acting County Clerk for Ulster County, Taylor Bruck, to ensure that the radical abortionist who sent abortion-inducing drugs to Texans is held accountable.

July 28, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defeats Har­ris County’s Unlaw­ful ​“Guar­an­teed Income” Pro­gram, Pro­tect­ing Tax­pay­er Funds from Redis­tri­b­u­tion Scheme

Attorney General Ken Paxton has officially defeated an attempt by the Harris County Commissioners Court to illegally redistribute taxpayer funds through a “guaranteed income” program that violated state law.

July 24, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Leads Nation in Pro­tect­ing Amer­i­cans’ Data Pri­va­cy and Secu­ri­ty from Big Tech, For­eign Threats, and Bad Actors

Attorney General Ken Paxton has made Texas the national leader in protecting citizens’ data privacy and security after establishing one of the largest and most aggressive privacy and technology-focused enforcement initiatives in the country. 

July 21, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Med­ic­aid Fraud Con­trol Unit Plays Key Role in Largest Health Care Fraud Take­down in U.S. History

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (“MFCU”) played a major role in the largest health care fraud enforcement action in American history, resulting in criminal charges against 30 defendants connected to more than a dozen fraudulent health care schemes in Texas.

July 18, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues U.S. Mas­ters Swim­ming for Engag­ing in Ille­gal Prac­tices by Allow­ing Men to Com­pete in Women’s Competitions

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Masters Swimming (“USMS”) following an investigation that determined USMS has engaged in false, deceptive, and misleading practices by allowing men to compete in women’s events.

July 17, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Inves­ti­ga­tion into Fraud­u­lent Char­i­ty Imper­son­ation Scams After Trag­ic Flooding

Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into fraudulent charity scams where bad actors used payment processors to collect donations under false pretenses for personal gain.

July 17, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces Inves­ti­ga­tion into Food Com­pa­ny Mars for Decep­tive and Ille­gal Practices

Attorney General Ken Paxton is announcing an investigation into Mars, Incorporated (“Mars”), which makes M&M’s and Skittles, for deceptive trade practices that violate Texas consumers’ rights.

July 16, 2025 | Press Release