Government and Politics
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Thursday that the Arkansas National Guard will send 80 guardsmen to the southern border on July 1 to provide surveillance…
by Tony Holt June 1, 2023WASHINGTON -- Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wr…
by LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK, The Associated Press June 1, 2023The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use off-brand versions of the popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy because they might…
June 1, 2023AUSTIN -- Two prominent Texas attorneys with a long list of famous clients will present the case for impeachment against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton…
June 1, 2023AUSTIN -- Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday appointed John Scott to temporarily serve as Texas' attorney general after the House of Representatives voted to impeac…
by PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG, Associated Press May 31, 2023AUSTIN -- The impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the latest in a string of legal woes that have dogged the state's top lawyer for most of his …
by Gazette Staff May 31, 2023Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that temporarily bloc…
by Neal Earley May 31, 2023AUSTIN -- On the way to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton becoming a rising figure in the GOP, his wife, Angela, used to entertain crowds with a guitar and a s…
by Jim Vertuno and Paul J. Weber, Associated Press May 30, 2023The full legislative text of Speaker Kevin McCarthy's agreement in principle with President Joe Biden to suspend the nation's borrowing limit revealed new and …
by Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport, NYTimes News Service May 29, 2023MOSCOW -- Russia's Interior Ministry on Monday issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine.
by The Associated Press May 29, 2023CHICAGO -- During Donald Trump's first visit as president to Chicago, a frequent target in his attacks on urban violence, he disparaged the nation's third larg…
May 29, 2023WASHINGTON -- With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday were finalizi…
by LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press May 28, 2023AUSTIN -- The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plunged Republicans on Sunday into a fight over whether to banish one of their own in A…
by ACACIA CORONADO, JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG, Associated Press May 28, 2023Former diplomat and presidential adviser Henry Kissinger marks his 100th birthday on Saturday, outlasting many of his political contemporaries who guided the U…
by BRIAN P. D. HANNON, The Associated Press May 27, 2023CABOT -- State education officials are working on replacing the ACT Aspire with a standardized test specifically geared toward Arkansas students, Education Sec…
by Neal Earley May 27, 2023