Vickie Mann Hair wept and thanked the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after they voted to recommend release for her brother Wayne Thompson on Tuesday.

Here's what Texas law enforcement could choose to do – or not do – to help with mass deportations promised by President ...

Hedge fund mogul Scott Bessent, who earned Trump’s nomination ... for higher revenue brought in by the U.S. Treasury, the department Bessent could soon head. In his prepared remarks for the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott swears in Jimmy Blacklock to the Texas Supreme Court in 2018. Blacklock had previously served as the governor’s general counsel, and is now Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

Former NFL player and Texas state representative Scott Turner will face questions from senators today as he looks to become Donald Trump's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The former ...

tasked with implementing Trumps longstanding desire to reshape the Department of Justice that brought two criminal cases against him before his election. The partisanship, the weaponization ...

Several Republicans on the committee indicated their support for Bondi, asking about what they call "weaponisation" of the justice department. Democrats focused on issues such as criminal justice ...

BELTON, Texas — Belton City Councilmember Wayne Carpenter has announced he will not run for reelection at the end of his current term, the City of Belton has shared. The City of Belton made the ...

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate. Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

HOUSTON, TEXAS — Thousands of defense lawyers have ... ABC’s Jim Ryan reports that rats have been running amuck in a Houston police department facility. They’ve been chewing on documents ...

The Texas Juvenile Justice Board develops and implements rules for the state's juvenile justice department, which has been in turmoil for years. The agency is severely understaffed and kids in its ...