Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and prisons whose populations have continued to grow after dipping significantly ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional," but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could ...

An alleged co-founder of the online hacker movement Anonymous has been taken into custody after a 2021 data breach targeting the Texas Republican Party. Aubrey Cottle, a 37-year-old Canadian ...

Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump's 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for ...

If confirmed, Stanley Woodward would join a number of other former lawyers for President Trump who have been selected to key law enforcement positions. By Devlin Barrett Reporting from Washington ...

A judge on Wednesday dismissed corruption charges against Eric Adams, ending the first criminal case against a New York City mayor in modern history and underscoring how President Trump’s ...

Flanked by rows of children sitting in traditional school desks, President Donald Trump on Thursday gave Texas a shout-out as he prepared to sign an executive order aimed at dismantling the U.S ...

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called Desert Killer and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services published new data on Tuesday. The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 25 cases confirmed over the last five days, bringing ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, court records show. The Court of Criminal Appeals — the state's highest ...