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Redistricting showdown returns to the Texas Legislature floor
The redistricting fight returned to the Texas House. Lawmakers wasted no time pressing each other on the details.
After weeks of delays, Texas Republicans who control the state House are slated to begin the process for their controversial redistricting plan.
Follow here for the latest updates as the Texas House debates President Donald Trump's plan to gerrymander five new GOP congressional seats in the state.
About 200 are gathered in the rotunda for a rally supporting Democrats as Republicans prepare to approve new congressional maps on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.
Texas Republicans are near passing a new congressional map, sparking a response from California and igniting a new battle between Republicans and Democrats.
After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to prevent further delays to their plan to redraw congressional voting districts to favor Republicans ahead of the election.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his advantage.
Democrats said Republicans in the Texas House crossed a line by detaining them en masse and then assigning state troopers to trail them everywhere they go.