Texas and California are at the center of a national political power struggle that could reshape Donald Trump's second presidency. Texas Democrats prevented the state’s House of Representatives from ...

The Texas House passed a new electoral map that aims to help Republicans retain their razor-thin US House majority in the 2026 midterm elections.

The Texas Senate could soon vote to approve new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections. The chamber voted to advance the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing Texas to move forward with its new congressional map while a larger legal battle continues.

“Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map,” the ruling states. Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional ...

Texas Republicans now face a clear path to redraw the state’s congressional maps after state House Democrats ended their 15-day walkout and returned to the Capitol on Monday. In California, meanwhile, ...

The electoral map could boost the Republican effort to shore up their majority in the coming 2026 midterm elections.

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(CNN) — The Texas Senate on Saturday approved new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections. The vote was the final legislative ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

Civil rights advocates on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to overturn a redistricting map expected to favor Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, saying it weakens the electoral influence of Black voters ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily paused a lower court ruling that blocked a new voting map in Texas, allowing the state to proceed for now ...