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The Latest: Trump thanks police and troops as DC crackdown on crime and immigration intensifies
Read full article: The Latest: Trump thanks police and troops as DC crackdown on crime and immigration intensifiesPresident Donald Trump is praising his military crackdown on crime and immigration in Washington, D.
California Gov. Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map
Read full article: California Gov. Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional mapCalifornia voters will decide in a November special election whether to approve a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats next year.
The Latest: Texas House approves new congressional maps that favor GOP in 2026 midterms
Read full article: The Latest: Texas House approves new congressional maps that favor GOP in 2026 midtermsThe Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives has passed a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress.
Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don't let Democrats out of sight after walkout
Read full article: Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don't let Democrats out of sight after walkoutTexas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement officers shadow her.
Trump ally Ken Paxton escalates Texas redistricting fight with call for Beto O'Rourke to be jailed
Read full article: Trump ally Ken Paxton escalates Texas redistricting fight with call for Beto O'Rourke to be jailedTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive activist Beto O'Rourke in contempt.
Trump's new congressional map in Texas still stymied as Gavin Newsom urges president to give up
Read full article: Trump's new congressional map in Texas still stymied as Gavin Newsom urges president to give upTexas Republicans were unable again Monday to approve new congressional districts to meet President Donald Trump’s demands.
Trump's redistricting fight could broaden and last a while with Texas and California as epicenters
Read full article: Trump's redistricting fight could broaden and last a while with Texas and California as epicentersTexas and California are at the center of a national political power struggle that could reshape Trump's second presidency.
Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans are trying to punish them
Read full article: Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans are trying to punish themDozens of Democratic state lawmakers in Texas have scattered across the country in a last-ditch effort to prevent Republicans from adopting U.S. House maps that President Donald Trump wants in place before the 2026 midterm elections.
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump's efforts to add GOP House seats
Read full article: Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump's efforts to add GOP House seatsTexas Democrats have prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump.
Texas GOP leaders defend appointee after tense exchange over diversity hiring
Read full article: Texas GOP leaders defend appointee after tense exchange over diversity hiringSeveral of Texas’ top Republicans are defending Gov. Greg Abbott’s pick to head the state’s water agency following pointed questions from a GOP lawmaker over the agency’s diversity hiring policies.