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STATE STANDOFF: The longstanding tension between California and Texas has gone from a dull hum to an all-out conflagration.
Republicans have only gained strength in the past two decades. That doesn't bode well for those hoping to thwart ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ratcheted up President Donald Trump's congressional redistricting fight by calling Tuesday ...
If we are going to preserve our democracy in this moment, this is the way that we have to engage in this fight now.” Texas ...
Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for ...
If Texas gerrymanders its House seats to boost Republicans, Newsom threatens to do the same for Democrats. But it's not in the governor's power after voters created a nonpartisan commission.
Gonzalez’s district — and what happens to the neighboring GOP-held ones — is at the crux of President Trump’s high-risk, high-reward push to get Texas Republicans to redraw their political ...
Texas’ political map just changed in 2021, delayed, in part, by COVID. At that time, Texas Republicans wanted to solidify their gains.
Texas lawmakers launch redistricting hearings amid political, community concerns Texas lawmakers kicked off the first of several hearings on redistricting Thursday in Austin, with more scheduled ...
A version of this article appears in print on July 19, 2025, Section A, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: Amid Flood Response, Republicans in Texas Swivel to Political Maps.