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Spurred on by Trump, Texas Republicans redrew the boundary lines for U.S. House seats in the state. The new map creates five more GOP-leaning seats.
The Trump White House is stepping up the number of events praising the big, beautiful bill ahead of the 2026 midterms.
The move to flee the state is part of a tactic to block a vote in the Texas House on redistricting. The proposal by Republicans would create five more Republican-leaning seats in the US House of ...
While the saga has made national news, states all across the nation take part in redistricting every 10 years in conjunction with the U.S. Census. In Oklahoma, the most recent redistricting took place ...
What is gerrymandering, and why has it turned into a political flashpoint in Texas? We explain the saga, in 8 points.
This isn’t the first time the BLS commissioner aroused presidential ire. But at least Nixon faced constraints.
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Sen. John Cornyn said FBI Director Kash Patel will have federal officers work with Texas state law enforcement to locate Democrats who fled the state.
The Texas attorney general accused the organization of running a financial influence scheme that convinced Texas Democrats to ...
Trump's outrageous push to kill 5 Dem House seats in Texas triggers a nuclear war that will end representative democracy.
Houston State Rep. Gene Wu, who Gov. Greg Abbott called the "ringleader" of Texas Democrats who fled, and other party leaders reported a bomb threat on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump notched his 200th day back in office Thursday, with the administration celebrating a lengthy list of wins across its latest chapter of actions and policies unfolding at a ...