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 ...

House Democrats are hammering President Trump and GOP leaders for their effort to redraw the congressional map in Texas, accusing the Republicans of “rigging” the system to keep a grip on power — and ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In early July, as President Donald ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett said she's been drawn out of the district where she lives. Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said Friday that GOP-proposed congressional maps in Texas would draw her out of the ...

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The proposed overhaul of Texas’ congressional map is, as demanded by President Donald Trump, designed to give the GOP five new seats in next year’s midterm election. But while the newly drafted lines ...

Texas Republican state lawmakers continue to push a plan to redraw the state's congressional map – with the aim of picking up five seats for the GOP as sought by President Donald Trump – even as ...

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