The newly minted lawmaker started as a relative unknown elected after not drawing any opponents. Now she’s part of a caucus ...

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A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor ...

Texas Democrats on Thursday moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s redrawing of ...

Gov. Greg Abbott released his second special session proclamation moments after the state legislature officially called its first special to a close. The governor told lawmakers to begin work Friday ...

To the Texas Democrats who fled the state to deny quorum and prevent business in the Texas House, the early ending to the ...

California’s move to launch a redistricting effort ahead of next year’s midterms has piled new pressure on other blue states ...

The plan by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats is a response to Texas Republicans’ efforts to give themselves ...

President Donald Trump’s move to deploy 800 National Guard members in the District of Columbia over claims that crime is ...

The debate over congressional maps intensifies as Texas Democrats consider returning to address Republican efforts to gain more seats. Illinois politics and gerrymandering also discussed.