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Texas GOP AG says prosecuting Democrats who fled state will be a 'challenge'
Texas governor says he wants to oust and replace Democratic lawmakers who fled the state, but that might be a challenge and ...
New York Declares 'War' in Response to Texas GOP Redistricting Plan
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was joined on Monday by Texas Democrats who left the state to prevent a vote to redraw U.S. House ...
Texas GOP's new map would move Rep. Crockett’s home out of her district, slash Dem seats
Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett criticizes new GOP redistricting map that looks to gain seats for Republicans by ...
Chief Justice John Roberts enabled Texas’ gambit to gerrymander the state for the GOP
The justices split among the familiar ideological lines, with the five conservatives ruling against challenges to partisan ...
Texas Democrat calls Trump a ‘piece of s---’ in fiery speech aimed at ‘complicit’ GOP, Supreme Court
A liberal Texas Democrat referred to President Donald Trump as a “piece of s---” over the weekend while calling for ethics ...
Texas redistricting: Latino voters could be key in Republican effort to pick up seats
Two of those seats are in South Texas, and represented by Democratic Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, who both ...
Texas governor threatens to seek removal of Democrats who fled state, escalating tensions
The Texas state House is set to reconvene at 3 p.m. CT Monday. Democrats have left the state to try to stop Republicans from moving ahead with enacting a new congressional map that would give the GOP ...
Texas redistricting fight continues
Democratic state legislators fled Texas over the weekend, denying a quorum on Monday to Republicans hoping to vote on a new ...