Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching a probe into the city of Dallas over the region’s sanctuary city policies that protect illegal immigrants.  On Thursday, Paxton announced the investigation, as well as a formal request for city and Dallas Police Department records concerning the police department’s refusal to comply with state and federal immigration laws.  “The law is not optional. Local governments do not have the authority...

Things are getting dicey as we hurtle toward a potential government shutdown tomorrow night as time slips off the clock.  But Democrats are REALLY torn – as badly as I’ve ever seen any party torn – about what approach to take. On the one hand, they don’t want to shut down the government. They fear that will imperil already skittish federal workers. And it could lead to additional...