A Texas man who waived his right to appeal his death sentence has been executed for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago

Mullis was executed 16 years after he told police he reached his "breaking point" and killed his baby boy when he wouldn't stop crying.

Texas has sued the federal government, saying that the Biden-Harris Administration has waged war against the state’s oil and gas industry through environmental laws.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is suing the Biden administration for classifying the dunes sagebrush lizard in May as an endangered species. The big picture: The sand-burrowing lizard is native to a portion of the oil-and-gas-rich Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico and Paxton in a statement Monday called the designation an "unlawful misuse of environmental law" and a "backdoor attempt to undermine Texas's oil and gas industries.

A poll released on Monday shows Democrat Colin Allred in a virtual dead heat with incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz for the Texas' US Senate seat.

Texas, is facing a tight race with Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, something that should serve as a warning to Republicans hoping to keep the state red.