(The Texas Tribune) - Texas GOP lawmakers released their first draft of the state’s new congressional map Wednesday, proposing revamped district lines that attempt to flip five Democratic seats in ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to the media following a bill signing as Texas senators debate a bill on a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate Chamber at the Texas ...

Texas Republicans released a proposed new congressional map Wednesday that would give the GOP a path to pick up five seats in next year’s midterm elections. The proposal, which follows President ...

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 ...

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A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a draft congressional map aimed at adding five new Republican districts next year over protests from Democrats that the proposal would suppress the votes of ...

Texas Republicans passed a new state congressional map intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats up for grabs in the 2026 elections after dozens of Democratic lawmakers ended a two-week ...

U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey speaks as opponents rally before a Texas House redistricting committee public hearing Monday at the University of Texas at Arlington on Monday, July 28, 2025. Smiley N. Pool / ...

9:30 a.m.: Democratic National Committee chair appears with Democrats in Illinois. 1 p.m.: The House will gavel in, but as with yesterday, cannot proceed without a quorum. 2:30 p.m.: Gov. Maura Healey ...