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 ...

The Texas Senate could soon vote to approve new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections. The chamber voted to advance the ...

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The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

“Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map,” the ruling states. Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional ...

Experts said the new map could allow Republicans to flip up to five seats. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill redrawing Texas’ congressional map into law, he said on Friday. The milestone for the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A weeklong walkout by Texas House Democrats is blocking redrawn congressional maps sought by President Donald Trump and put in motion a broadening fight across the U.S. over ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily paused a lower court ruling that blocked a new voting map in Texas, allowing the state to proceed for now ...