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The younger Mr. Bush is taking on Ken Paxton, who filed an unsuccessful lawsuit contesting election results in four states that the former president lost in 2020.
President Joe Biden arrived to speak at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Wednesday.Credit.Oliver Contreras for The New York Times
President Biden issued a new executive order on Thursday barring Americans from investing in Chinese firms linked to the country’s military or engaged in selling surveillance technology both inside and outside of China used to repress dissent or religious minorities.
The new order, which initially lists 59 Chinese firms, substantially expands an order issued in November by President Donald J. Trump. By rewriting that earlier order to include firms engaged in making and deploying the surveillance technology used against Muslim minorities like the Uigurs and dissidents in Hong Kong and in the Chinese diaspora around the globe it intensifies a commercial and ideological battle between Beijing and Washington, one that Mr. Biden has termed the struggle between “autocracy and democracy.”
Texas AG Ken Paxton denies rift with Gov. Abbott, despite NYT report
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With the FBI investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for possible corruption charges, it has been unclear whether Texas Republicans in statewide office will continue to support Paxton as he seeks re-election in 2022, or find a new candidate to back who doesn’t have all that baggage.
Paxton, who has maintained his innocence, suggested in an interview with the New York Times this week that he does not have the support Gov. Greg Abbott, though he promptly denied making the statement in a tweet Tuesday, hours after the Times story posted.