With the job of attorney general of Texas open for the first time in a decade, Mayes Middleton, a state senator and oil company president, and Chip Roy, a hard-line congressman, are fighting for the R...

Ken Paxton, the hard-right Texas attorney general and longtime magnet for scandal, is seeking to oust Senator John Cornyn in the Republican Senate runoff in Texas.

US President Donald Trump further cemented his grip over the Republican Party on Tuesday as his favored candidate in a bitter Texas primary runoff, scandal-plagued Ken Paxton, defeated incumbent Senat...