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Texas legislative standoff stretches into fourth day as Democrats are told to return to the Capitol on Friday

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that if Democrats don't return to Austin on Friday, they will be fired.

Watch live: Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out

Members of Texas’ Democratic congressional delegation who arrived in Chicago on Sunday are scheduled during a Monday evening ...

Texas Senator John Cornyn says FBI director agreed to assist in finding Texas Democrats

U.S. Senator John Cornyn says FBI Director Kash Patel has approved a request for the FBI to assist Texas law enforcement in ...

Texas Democrats Head to Chicago in Effort to Block Redistricting Map

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois after the lawmakers fled in redistricting battle, US Senator says

The decision by FBI Director Kash Patel represents the latest escalation between Republicans and Democrats after Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum on the remap vote.

Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on ...

Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan; Republicans vote on arrest warrants

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...