Republican Party backs Greg Abbotts border standoff The Texas Tribune

The Republican senator, who is facing a tough primary challenge, previously asked FBI Director Kash Patel for the agency’s help in tracking down the House lawmakers.

The order came at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”

After three women testified last month detailing how the abortion ban delayed medically necessary care, a state district court judge issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban in cases…