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FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois

ABC7 Chicago · 1h

Texas Senator John Cornyn says FBI director agreed to assist in finding Texas Democrats

U.S. Senator John Cornyn says FBI Director Kash Patel has approved a request for the FBI to assist Texas law enforcement in locating Texas House Democrats, many of whom came to Illinois.

Chicago Tribune · 8m

FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois after the lawmakers fled in redistricting battle, US Senator says

The decision by FBI Director Kash Patel represents the latest escalation between Republicans and Democrats after Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum on the remap vote.

Wall Street Journal · 27m

FBI Will Help Track Down Democratic Texas Lawmakers, Cornyn Says

Dozens of Democratic legislators fled Texas to block GOP from voting on legislation that would allow for a redrawing of the congressional map.

Texas Democrats evacuate Chicago hotel

CBS News on MSN · 23h

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move forward on a bill that would set new congressional districts.

Texas Dems: Chicago hotel evacuated after bomb threat

On Wednesday, the hotel in Chicago, Illinois, where Texas State Representatives were staying, received a bomb threat and was evacuated, according to Texas Representatives. Read More:

Chron on MSN · 23h

Texas Democrats evacuated from Chicago hotel following security threat

Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus were evacuated from a Chicago-area hotel early Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was reported amid lawmakers' continued out-of-state protest against a Republican-led redistricting plan in the Texas Legislature.

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Texas legislative standoff stretches into fourth day as Democrats are told to return to the Capitol on Friday

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that if Democrats don't return to Austin on Friday, they will be fired.

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Watch live: Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out

Members of Texas’ Democratic congressional delegation who arrived in Chicago on Sunday are scheduled during a Monday evening ...

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Gov. Pritzker says Illinois remap is 'possible' as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts 'tooth and nail'

Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican ...

1don MSN

Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns Texas politicians that police can't just come to Illinois to arrest Democrats

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a stern warning to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans who ...

Texas Democrats flee to Chicago to avoid vote on new congressional maps, Gov. Abbott threatens removal

Texas Democrats said the state legislature is holding flood victims “hostage” by focusing on approving new congressional maps ...

Axios on MSN2d

Scoop: DNC joins Texas gerrymandering fight with Chicago press conference

DNC Chair Ken Martin is joining Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to reinforce the Texas Democratic lawmakers who have fled their ...

2don MSN

Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan; Republicans vote on arrest warrants

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...

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Rhonda Belford: Democrats can’t fight for democracy in Texas while undermining it in Illinois

In 2021, Gov. JB Pritzker in 2021 signed one of the most aggressively gerrymandered congressional maps in the country.

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