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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in Washington. Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both companies were aware of the deal and signed off on it, the complaint alleges. The original redacted lawsuit, filed in December 2021, accused Google of anti-competitive conduct and teaming up with the social networking giant. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Texas AG Ken Paxton refuses to hand over Jan. 6 records

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FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the "Save America Rally" in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A district attorney says Paxton violated the state's open records laws by withholding or failing to retain his communications relating to his appearance at a pro-Trump rally that preceded the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Prosecutor: Texas attorney general violated open records law

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon on Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. Oklahoma's Republican governor and the state attorney general are suing in federal court to exempt the state's National Guard from a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Gov. Kevin Stitt argued in a statement Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, that the Biden administration's Defense Department overstepped its constitutional authority by subjecting the National Guard to the mandate it imposed on the active-duty military. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Austin vows to address Navy families’ contaminated water supply at Pearl Harbor

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Austin, America's top defense official, will vow Saturday, Nov. 20, to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to counter its &quot;dangerous use&quot; of suicide drones in the wider Mideast, a pledge coming as negotiations remain stalled over Tehran's tattered atomic deal with world powers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

U.S. defense chief vows to counter Iran in visit to Bahrain

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Temporary housing payments increased for troops in areas with high housing costs

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People protest outside the offices of the New Mexico Public Education Department's office, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The education department proposed changes to the social studies curriculum that critics describe as a veiled attempt to teach critical race theory. Supporters say the new curriculum, which includes ethnic studies, is "anti-racist." (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) ** FILE **

Parent at Texas school board meeting warns CRT opponents that he is ‘locked and loaded’

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters search a vehicle at a checkpoint on a road in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul's international airport killed several Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban's takeover of the country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Austin: U.S. will do ‘whatever necessary’ to get Americans out of Afghanistan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Democratic Texas State Rep. Ron Reynolds from Missouri City speaks during a voting rights rally on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. A year after his passing, the brothers and niece of the late Congressman John Lewis join Barbara Arnwine with the Transformative Justice Coalition and others to demand Congress and President Joe Biden do whatever it takes to pass the For the People Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Runaway Dems left in D.C. limbo as Congress exits, Texas threatens arrests

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this July 21, 2021, file photo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) ** FILE **

Pentagon to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for all personnel

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 8, 2021, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas. Abbott, who faces a contested reelection primary next year, is pushing looser gun laws than he ever previously embraced and proposing unprecedented state actions, including promises to build more walls on the Mexican border. Similar scenes are playing out in campaigns in other red states including Arkansas and Idaho, where ultra right-wing challengers are tapping into anger among Republicans over Trump’s election loss and coronavirus-related lockdowns. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas voting standoff jeopardizes pay for up to 2K workers

By Acacia Coronado - Associated Press

Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon speaks at a news conference about the shooting, Saturday, June 12, 2021 in downtown Austin, Texas. Police were searching for two people suspected in a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street early Saturday in which 14 people were wounded, including two critically. (Ana Ramirez/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Newspaper leaves out description of Austin shooting suspect to avoid ‘stereotypes’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**

Pentagon makes China top priority with new task force report

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Woke employees on strike illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Juiceland learns the hard lesson of ‘hire woke, go broke’

By Tim Young

Chase Elliott celebrates in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Chase Elliott wins rain-shortened NASCAR Cup debut in Austin

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

Sporting KC rallies to beat 10-man Austin 2-1

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