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Texas Democrats Who Left State Plan Return to Start Legal Fight

Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to block controversial new congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump are ...

Texas maps trigger Democratic discord

The new Texas maps are causing quiet discord among House Democrats in danger of being displaced.

Obama applauds Texas Democrats for fighting back against gerrymandering

We can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen and stand by,” the former president said on a Zoom call with Texas ...

Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans’ redraw of US House maps

Texas Democrats have moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP's redrawing of U.S. House maps ...

Democrats who fled Texas to block the GOP's redistricting effort plot their exit strategy

Lawmakers are now framing their ability to prevent new maps from passing during one special legislative session as a victory.

Strategic retreat is a Texas tradition. Why the Democrats' quorum break wasn't a failure | Opinion

Strategic retreats are in the Texas tradition. With Santa Anna in pursuit, Sam Houston ordered one from Gonzales.

Texas Democratic state legislators are at it again | Andrew D. Hayes

Honestly, the Democratic Party does not occupy the moral high ground in this fight and should quit whining about unfair ...

Texas Democrats weigh their end game and Trump makes his mark on D.C.: From the Politics Desk

Plus, ahead of Friday's summit, Trump threatens “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to end the Russia-Ukraine ...