Weekly Roundup - August 29, 2025

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• Cruz, Paxton Endorsements Upend Race for Texas Attorney General
• Austin Congressman Greg Casar Announces Bid for Newly Drawn 37th Congressional District
• Congressman Al Green to Wait Until CD 18 Special Election to Declare Candidacy, After Texas Redistricting
• Texas GOP Lawmakers Join Gov. Abbott for Signing of Hostile Foreign Land Ownership Ban
• Abortion Pill Crackdown Bill Passes Texas House Committee After Lawmakers, Pro-Life Groups Negotiate
• Ivermectin Over the Counter Bill Passes Texas House
• Affirmative Defense for Human Trafficking Victims on Track to Gov. Abbott’s Desk
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Joins Abbott, Lawmakers to Celebrate 'Make Texas Healthy Again' Bills
• Texas Supreme Court Denies Paxton Restraining Order Hearing on O'Rourke in Quorum Bust Funding Lawsuit
• A Tale of Two Speakers: Dade Phelan and Dustin Burrows
• Interview: Sen. John Cornyn Discusses Border Reimbursement, Re-election, State of the GOP