Texas House impeaches Attorney General Ken Paxton for corruption.

The Texas House has voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations of abuse of office. Paxton, a conservative ally of former President Donald Trump, will now be temporarily removed from office pending a trial in the Senate. The 20 articles of impeachment presented by a Republican-led House committee accuse Paxton of improperly aiding a wealthy political donor, conducting a sham investigation against whistleblowers in his office whom he fired, and covering up his wrongdoing in a separate federal securities fraud case against him, among other offences. The impeachment proceedings laid bare the rift among Texas Republicans.