Texas state Sen. Pete Flores, R-Pleasanton, looks over a redrawn U.S. congressional map during debate over a bill in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.

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On Wednesday, the legal fight over the newly approved congressional maps in Texas will shift from the Capitol to a federal courtroom in El Paso. That's when federal judges will consider a lawsuit by a ...

State Sen. Pete Flores, R-Pleasanton, looks over a redrawn U.S. congressional map during debate over a bill in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. Eric Gay / AP ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed a Republican-friendly redistricting bill approved by the state legislature, finalizing a new congressional map pushed by President Donald Trump ahead of the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California's redistricting would counter Texas' rare mid-decade redistricting push. That doesn't mean California is turning back after a federal court in Texas blocked the state ...

WASHINGTON – By allowing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional map, the Supreme Court has kickstarted a nationwide partisan arms race over who holds a critical level of power in ...

After two weeks spent outside state lines—marked by a surge of national media attention and, then, a struggle to keep their fight in the limelight—Texas House Democrats ended their quorum break as ...