The backstory between Abbott, who is attempting to bulldoze the new congressional map through his state’s legislature, and Pritzker, who’s provided a safe haven for the Democratic lawmakers who have ...

Trump said he feels “entitled” to a partisan reward, and he expects Texas Republicans to give it to him. That’s not how democracy is supposed to work.

Texas Democrats stand to be fined nearly $400,000 for fleeing the state in a gambit to stop Republican-led redistricting. And should they stay away during potential successive legislative sessions ...

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Wednesday (August 6) on a last-minute mission to seek a breakthrough in the ...

The escalating political fight over the Texas congressional map is spreading across other states across the country, ...

A survey conducted by Newsom pollster David Binder found that 52 percent of California voters would approve of state lawmakers redrawing its congressional district lines if Texas Republicans pulled ...

Members of the Texas Department of Public Safety inside the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Monday, August 4, 2025. Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who ...

Red states’ plans to redraw district lines prompt Democrats to retaliate with their own gerrymander push.

“The Assembly won’t stand by while our state is targeted. We will fight fire with fire,” said Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, in a statement. “Our voters must be empowered to push back.

The cutthroat political maneuvering in Texas seemed to begin quietly in June, when President Trump’s political team urged ...