Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter Thursday to the Texas Department of Public Safety, directing them to launch criminal investigations into the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Two Texas chapters for the Center on American-Islamic Relations sued Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton in federal court Thursday after the governor designated the group a foreign terrorist organization and banned it from owning land in Texas.

The Center on Islamic-American Relations sued Gov. Greg Abbott in federal court Thursday after the governor declared the group a foreign terrorist organization and banned it from owning land in Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday issued his third directive in three days targeting Islamic groups with alleged ties to terrorism. In response, Muslim groups sued, arguing