Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence “stepped out of line” by subpoenaing death row ...

Governor Greg Abbott tells the state's Supreme Court that the Texas Constitution only grants him the power to grant clemency.

Gov. Greg Abbott urged the Texas Supreme Court to toss out a subpoena ordering death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in ...

Until Monday, the Texas governor had not publicly shared his thoughts on the actions of a bipartisan group of lawmakers that ...

Frustrated with President Joe Biden’s policies related to immigration enforcement, Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone ...

The governor has publicly remained silent as pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to step in on behalf of ...

A bipartisan group of 84 Texas lawmakers urged the governor to intervene in September, calling for the execution to be halted. Since taking office in 2015, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has granted ...

A judge granted a request to delay the execution of a man scheduled to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a ...

Robert Roberson, 57, was set to be executed around 6 p.m. at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, for the 2002 death of ...

Greg Abbott intervenes in a ... could actually delay the execution. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it has ...