Texas and California are at the center of a national political power struggle that could reshape Donald Trump's second presidency. Texas Democrats prevented the state’s House of Representatives from ...

The Texas Senate could soon vote to approve new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections. The chamber voted to advance the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that ...

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“Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map,” the ruling states. Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional ...

The Texas Legislature redrew the state's congressional districts after a bitter, partisan battle. Republicans undertook the rare, mid-decade redistricting in hopes of picking up five additional ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A weeklong walkout by Texas House Democrats is blocking redrawn congressional maps sought by President Donald Trump and put in motion a broadening fight across the U.S. over ...

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Three-judge panel rules 2-1 against Texas electoral map Judges deem the map an improper racial gerrymander Governor Abbott vows to appeal to US Supreme Court Nov 18 (Reuters) - A federal court on ...

Texas state Sen. Pete Flores looks over a redrawn U.S. congressional map during debate over a bill in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, August 22, 2025. Credit: Eric Gay/AP Photo We ...