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Texas Republican: GOP ‘will never have the White House again’ if state lost to Democrats

Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison (R) claimed Monday the Republican Party will “never have the White House again” if Democrats overtake the majority in the Lone Star State. “I’m here to speak for myself.

The New Indian Express on MSN · 1h

California's Newsom, Pelosi back Texas Democrats as GOP warns of more escalations over walkout

SACRAMENTO: California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared shoulder-to-shoulder Friday with Texas Democratic lawmakers in a show of support for their nearly weeklong walkout,

The Baltimore Sun · 12h

Texas Democrats head to California as Republicans warn of more escalations over walkout

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Friday warned they would escalate efforts to end a nearly weeklong holdout by Democrats if they don’t return to vote on new congressional voting maps sought by President Donald Trump in a widening battle over redistricting across the U.S.

Texas, Democrats and Supreme Court

Texarkana Gazette · 3h

Texas attorney general sues to remove 13 absent Democrats from office

ST. CHARLES, Ill. - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked the state's high court Friday to expel 13 Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas this week in an effort to prevent the GOP-controlled legislature from redrawing congressional district maps to create five new safe seats for Republicans.

Associated Press News on MSN · 3d

Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the “ringleader” of Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional voting map pushed by President Donald Trump.

USA Today · 22h

Paxton asks Illinois court to enforce Texas warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the Constitution, which says states should typically honor each other’s judicial proceedings.

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The FBI Isn’t an Arm of the Republican Party

We are about to find out, in real time, whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation remains a neutral law-enforcement agency ...

ZNetwork on MSN18h

Texas Republicans: It’s About Power, Yes—but Also Their Radical Agenda

It turns out a precedent for today’s Texas Republicans was, well, Texas Republicans, who rigged maps in their favor in 2003 to win more U.S. House seats the next year. But it is still alarming that ...

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Party of 'crazies': Dems comply with outrageous redistricting stunts due to primary threats, state rep says

Texas Democrats continue exodus to liberal states over GOP redistricting as Republicans launch bribery investigations and President Donald Trump supports the redistricting push.

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How Texas Republicans want to dismantle Democratic districts

Texas Republicans have proposed a new congressional map for the state, with the goal of flipping five Democratic seats in ...

Redistricting battle in Texas is officially leading California to aim at re-drawing maps

California governor Gavin Newsom is now calling for a special election to approve a one-time redrawing of California's ...

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Texas dispute highlights nation’s long history of partisan gerrymandering. Is it legal?

When Democratic lawmakers left Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state’s ...

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Greg Abbott blasted by major Texas newspaper—"Corruption"

The newspaper criticized Abbott for his response to Democratic lawmakers fleeing the state in protest of the legislature's ...

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Texas Democrats Face Fines, Bribery Charges For Leaving State—Why Legal Experts Are Skeptical They’ll Be Punished

AG Ken Paxton is already going after donors funding the lawmakers’ stays out of state, and Democrats face a $500 per day fine ...

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