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Trump’s Texas Gambit Ignites Nationwide Battle for House Control
Trump is also actively involved in recruitment efforts and intervening early with endorsements to head off messy GOP primary ...
Trump-led Texas redistricting gambit ignites national arms race to control Congress
Redistricting typically occurs every 10 years to incorporate the U.S. Census count. Trump has broken with that convention by ...
Texas Democrats leave the state, hope to derail Republicans’ radical redistricting scheme
Ahead of a vote on the GOP’s redistricting gambit, Texas Democrats played their final card: They fled the state to block the ...
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Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke rallies against Trump and fascism at New Orleans town hall
Former Texas U.S representative Beto O'Rourke visited New Orleans for a rally against authoritarianism, Trump and a call to ...
Why Texas could face greater legal hurdles than California in redistricting fight
The Supreme Court has ruled that judges are powerless to review partisan gerrymandering. But courts can still enforce the ...
Chief Justice John Roberts enabled Texas’ gambit to gerrymander the state for the GOP
The brazen partisan redistricting underway in Texas, with Republicans attempting to entrench themselves in office and ...
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Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight
Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue ...
Texas Democrats could be fined nearly $400,000 for fleeing the state
Texas Democrats stand to be fined nearly $400,000 for fleeing the state in a gambit to stop Republican-led redistricting. And should they stay away during potential successive legislative sessions ...
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GOP gambit to redraw Texas' congressional map shows redistricting is an ongoing fight
"Texas would be the biggest one, and that will be five." The GOP gambit in Texas has prompted some Democrats to say their party needs to counter with their own partisan redo of congressional ...
On Texas Republicans’ redistricting scheme, Trump gives away the game
Trump said he feels “entitled” to a partisan reward, and he expects Texas Republicans to give it to him. That’s not how ...
The Origins of the Political Power Grab in Texas
The cutthroat political maneuvering in Texas seemed to begin quietly in June, when President Trump’s political team urged ...
California's Newsom, Pelosi Back Texas Democrats as GOP Warns of More Escalations Over Walkout
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have appeared shoulder-to-shoulder with Texas Democratic ...