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Texas Republicans plan another special session to deliver Trump more GOP congressional seats

Texas Republican leaders say they're prepared to end their stalemated legislative special session and immediately begin ...

Gavin Newsom asks Donald Trump to block red state redistricting

Gov. Gavin Newsom asked President Donald Trump to order Texas and other red states to abandon their efforts to redraw ...

Trump ally Ken Paxton escalates Texas redistricting fight with call for Beto O'Rourke to be jailed

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive ...

Trump’s new congressional map in Texas still stymied as Gavin Newsom urges president to give up

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans were unable again Monday to approve new congressional districts to meet President ...

‘Time to Stand Down’: Newsom Gives Trump Deadline to Call Off Redistricting Plan

The California Governor said his state would redraw its congressional maps to “neutralize” any Republican gains from ...

Exclusive: Inside Newsom’s ‘no regrets’ strategy in fighting Trump, Texas

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking on what he calls a “no regrets strategy,” saying he must “fight fire with fire” in countering the Trump-led redistricting efforts in Texas. In ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Trump over GOP redistricting efforts

Last week, Pritzker appeared alongside Texas Democrats who fled their state in protest of the proposed new congressional maps ...

Trump-led Texas redistricting gambit ignites national arms race to control Congress

Redistricting typically occurs every 10 years to incorporate the U.S. Census count. Trump has broken with that convention by ...

Abbott hitting reset in Texas redistricting standoff

Plus: Federalization takes hold in D.C.{beacon} TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT (R) said Tuesday he’ll call for another special ...

Win or lose over Texas redistricting, politicians on both sides are hoping to cash in

If one thing is clear in modern politics, it's that any decent political showdown is a good time to raise money.