In mid-August, amid Texas’ high-profile redistricting fight, CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed Gov. Greg Abbott on why the state was suddenly redrawing its congressional map. “You are doing this to give Trump ...

Two decisions by the Texas governor this week, including directing authorities to investigate an Islamic organization, come as the state sees an increase in anti-Muslim rhetoric. By Ruth Graham Ruth ...

TEXAS – Two days after Governor Greg Abbott labeled the Muslim Brother Hood and Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), as a foreign terrorist group, he called for DPS to launch a criminal ...

Gov. Greg Abbott waves to supports as he announces his re-election campaign for Texas governor in Houston, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. Abbott is seeking a historic fourth term, which would position him to ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott confronted two significant legal defeats this week, as federal courts blocked a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan and halted the implementation of a state law ...

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has formally labeled the Council on American-Islamic Relations, one of largest Muslim civil rights groups in the nation, a foreign terrorist organization. In his Tuesday ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations in a ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday said he plans to sue to stop the Council on American-Islamic Relations, known as CAIR, from operating in the state by designating the group as a terrorist ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vowed Tuesday that he would appeal a ruling that a new GOP-favored map that Republicans passed earlier this year could not be used for the 2026 midterms. “The Legislature ...