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

Texas Republican leaders said Tuesday that they were prepared to end their stalemated special session and immediately begin ...

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 ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

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

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker slammed President Donald Trump as a "cheater" and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as a "joke" days after ...

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 ...

Illinois redistricting effort possible, but unlikely to yield more Democratic seats

Gov. JB Pritzker touts redistricting in response to Texas, but his legislative allies cite no signs of movement on the issue in Springfield ...

Texas Legislature to take another swing at redistricting vote as Democrats extend their walkout

Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor ...