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Texas Democrats say they will return to state once session ends, California unveils retaliatory map

In a statement, the House Democratic Caucus said its lawyers had advised returning “to build a strong public legislative ...

Texas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Congressional Map

The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is ...
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The Texas Democrats’ Remote Resistance

After leaving the state to block the G.O.P. from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, Democratic lawmakers are keeping ...

Democrats who fled Texas to block the GOP's redistricting effort plot their exit strategy

Lawmakers are now framing their ability to prevent new maps from passing during one special legislative session as a victory.

After evading police and threats, Texas lawmakers prepare their return

In a climate primed for retribution, Democrats have faced far more intimidation than they did when they left the state in ...

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 ...

How Texas Republicans want to dismantle Democratic districts

Texas Republicans have proposed a new congressional map for the state, with the goal of flipping five Democratic seats in ...

Texas Democrats weigh their end game and Trump makes his mark on D.C: From the Politics Desk

Plus, ahead of Friday's summit, Trump threatens “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to end the Russia-Ukraine ...