Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened investigations against pediatricians and is campaigning to curry favor with Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened investigations against pediatricians and is campaigning to curry favor with Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The entities involved
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Ken Paxton
Attorney General of Texas since 2015
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Donald Trump
American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
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