Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.

As California moves to retaliate, Republicans will likely benefit overall from the Trump-backed redistricting scramble.

The Texas Senate is reconvening Friday morning to take up a controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weeks-long House standoff. The Republican-backed proposal, which passed the House in an 88-52 party-line vote on Wednesday, aims to redraw the state's congressional map and produce five new GOP-leaning districts.

Hurricane Erin is entering the first stages of a post-tropical transition as it continues to move away from the eastern coast of the United States.