Texas Democrats in Chicago may soon be going home following a two-week battle preventing Republicans in their state from redrawing districting maps.

A political standoff in Texas over proposed House maps that could hand Republicans five new seats is poised to enter a new phase Friday, while heavily Democratic California plans to release its own n...

However, they didn't say specifically which day they would come home.

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

Democrats have shown they are willing to go beyond words of outrage and use whatever power they do have to win.

The plan calls for an unusually timed reshaping of House district lines to greatly strengthen the Democratic advantage in the state ahead of midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending a fr...