With Texas Republicans nearing completion of a new congressional map that could yield their party five additional seats in the House, President Donald Trump is escalating his efforts to secure more GOP-friendly seats in other states.

State Rep. Briscoe Cain and other House Republicans voted this week to remake U.S. Rep. Al Green's Democratic-leaning district more GOP-friendly.

When Texas first launched its redistricting effort, Newsom had vowed to redraw the Golden State's congressional districts to counter the Lone Star State's plan and neutralize any potential GOP gains. Newsom — who is widely seen as a possible 2028 ...

The Texas House of Representatives will gavel back into session at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the controversial proposal to redraw congressional maps up for a vote.

Democrats decried the unusual mid-decade redistricting scheme as "blatant gerrymandering" to increase GOP congressional seats in the midterms.

The Texas House is scheduled to try convening a quorum again at noon, with absent Democrats expected to return.

I recently spoke with Rick Hasen, the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA School of Law, about the feasibility of Texas governor Greg Abbott ’s redistricting threats, how Congress could rein in partisan gerrymandering,

Trump's push for states to redraw political maps and create more GOP-friendly House seats in time for the 2026 election has raised the stakes.