US election news from Texas arrived Monday as Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in Tarrant County district court against ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform, alleging it violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by continuing to accept gift card donations it had publicly claimed to ban.

• Texas investigators made three donations to ActBlue in February 2026 using false identities and prepaid gift cards and successfully reached the DNC and two Texas officials’ campaign accounts, directly contradicting ActBlue’s representations to Congress.
• The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction barring ActBlue from accepting gift card and prepaid debit card donations, $10,000 in civil penalties per violation, and attorneys’ fees on claims totaling more than $1 million.
• ActBlue called the suit “a thinly veiled attempt to distract from Ken Paxton’s numerous legal and ethical issues ahead of next month’s runoff” against Senator John Cornyn.

US election news sharpened Monday around campaign finance integrity as Paxton accused ActBlue of deceiving Congress and the public about its safeguards against fraudulent and foreign donations. ActBlue has processed more than $16 billion for Democratic candidates and causes since 2004 and processed $1.78 billion in small-dollar donations in 2025 alone.

“ActBlue lied to Congress and to the American people, and I will ensure justice is served,” Paxton said in a statement. “Fair elections are the foundation of our democracy, and I...

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