Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced the launch of an investigation into more than 100 potential noncitizens who allegedly cast at least 200 ballots in the 2020 and 2022 election cycles. The majority of the suspected illegal ballots cast by potential noncitizens were in Harris County, but Paxton’s office is also investigating possible instances in Guadalupe, Cameron and Eastland counties using information from the Texas Secretary of...

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday defended its agents after Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said they were being diverted from targeting dangerous criminals to rounding up illegal immigrants, like gardeners, “many of whom pose no threat whatsoever.” Durbin, a ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was speaking at a Tuesday hearing titled “Beyond the Smash and Grab: Criminal Networks and Organized Theft” when he noted the...

Mayor Eric Adams is being sued by a former high-ranking New York Police Department official for allegedly operating a “criminal conspiracy” at the department to enrich top officials. A spokesperson for Adams, who is running for re-election as an independent, called the allegations “baseless accusations from a disgruntled former employee.” Politico reported that former interim NYPD commissioner Tom Donlon filed a suit in the New York state Supreme...