The practice was first identified and coined in 1812 when Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that redrew the ...

Democrats are trying to make that risk very salient – that they’re going to retaliate,” Professor Michael Kang, a political scientist at Northwestern University in Chicago, tells The i Paper. “That’s ...

Democrats from Texas remain in Illinois with just over a week to go in a special legislative session as a fight over ...

The legislative hearing was part of a rapidly moving redistricting process, pushed by President Trump, that could see the map ...

Spurred on by Trump, Texas Republicans redrew the boundary lines for U.S. House seats in the state. The new map creates five ...

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) slammed President Trump’s move to take control of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police ...

Dozens of Texas Democratic lawmakers remain scattered across the country. This, as U.S. Senator John Cornyn requests that the FBI steps in to help locate them.

The walkout was a sharp escalation in the clash over a redistricting effort. Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to remove the ...

Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday in a desperate bid to block an aggressively partisan redrawing of the state’s ...

Legislators of one political party crossing state lines to avoid arrest happened here in Rhode Island 101 years ago – only it ...

Democrats have long warned that partisan gerrymandering threatens American democracy — but now they’re ready to fight fire ...

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