President Donald Trump has pushed maps more favorable to Republicans. New congressional maps were proposed by Republican state legislators in Texas on Wednesday, following a push by President Donald ...

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I represent the people of El Paso, Texas in the state legislature, a west Texas district that is a 14-hour drive away from the Louisiana border. Yet, data from the Texas Legislative Council indicates ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymander that launched weeks of ...

Dec. 5 (UPI) --The conservative-leaning Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Texas to use new congressional maps in the next midterm elections that were redrawn to favor the Republican Party, handing ...

The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily halted a lower court order that threw out Texas' redrawn congressional maps in time for next month's candidate filing deadline — as the state and its legal ...

Texas state Sen. Pete Flores looks over a redrawn U.S. congressional map during debate over a bill in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, August 22, 2025. Credit: Eric Gay/AP Photo We ...

Texas and California are at the center of a national political power struggle that could reshape Donald Trump's second presidency. Texas Democrats prevented the state’s House of Representatives from ...

With control of the narrowly divided U.S. House hanging in the balance in the 2026 midterm elections, Republicans in Texas at the urging of President Donald Trump unveiled their opening proposal ...