Texas laws

A Texas judge found the law requiring adults and minors to verify their age before downloading apps or making in-app purchases likely violates adults and minors' First Amendment rights.

The attorney general's complaint form is the latest effort to enforce new state restrictions on which restrooms transgender people can use in public buildings.

Seeking to pull mifepristone from the drug market, the states argued that the FDA did not properly evaluate the pill's safety and effectiveness.

In its first week, one group's test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women's restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.

Senate Bill 17, which took effect in September, bars people with citizenship, permanent residence or political ties to China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from acquiring most types of real estate in Texas.

The North Texas doctors are accused of illegally providing gender-affirming care to minors and falsifying records to cover it up.

The governor must first win over lawmakers who have rejected similar proposals. The state may have to backfill more than $17 billion for school funding alone.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pointed to bill passed earlier this year focused on unlawful tax increases.

The program will now only be eligible for service-disabled veterans. It will be called Veteran Heroes United in Business.

Paxton alleges Shein may have relied on forced labor, the use of unsafe product materials, and engaged in deceptive marketing practices.