No hearing dates were set in the death penalty case against convicted El Paso serial killer David Leonard Wood.

A recent homicide in Dallas is the latest to involve a Cuban national charged with decapitating a victim in the U. S.

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans he alleges are part of a criminal gang. The 5th U.S. Circuit ...

The Fifth Circuit Court is highest court so far to rule against Trump’s use of the law to deport Venezuelan migrants.

New laws range from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and county-funded abortion travel funds ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office filed an appeal Thursday following a federal judge’s decision to temporarily block the state’s Ten Commandments display law from going into effect in Texas schools ...

OKLAHOMA — Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to switch the execution dates of two death row inmates. Drummond asked for death row inmate Kendrick ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday blocked a lower court’s decision to uphold a ban on drag shows at West Texas A&M University. The appeals court stated that the plaintiffs had ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court is set to decide whether a Texas law to give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. can take effect. The 5th Circuit ...

A three-judge panel blocked the Trump administration from removing a group of Venezuelans under the seldom-used 18th-century law.

Donald Trump issued a frantic post on Truth Social in the midst of attending the U.S. Open Men’s Singles Final. The president was met with jeers and cheers as he stepped out at Arthur Ashe stadium in ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge rejected a push from Texas civil advocacy groups and colleges to intervene on a lawsuit currently blocking the state's Dream Act, which allows undocumented students to ...