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Texas House Democrats planning their departure from Illinois and back to Austin

Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to block a GOP-led congressional redistricting plan said they would return after ...

Texas Democrats signal they are ready to end redistricting standoff and return to state

Texas House Democratic lawmakers signaled on Thursday they are preparing to end their standoff over redistricting and return ...

Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans’ redraw of US House maps

CHICAGO (AP) — Texas Democrats on Thursday moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s ...

Democrats are nearing a return to Texas after quorum break over GOP redistricting

We're prepared to bring this battle back to Texas under the right conditions and to take this fight to the courts,” said ...

Texas Democrats weigh their end game and Trump makes his mark on D.C.: From the Politics Desk

Plus, ahead of Friday's summit, Trump threatens “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to end the Russia-Ukraine ...

California pushes partisan plan for new Democratic districts to counter Texas in fight for US House

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a special election for Nov. 4 to approve redrawn districts. The move aims to ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton suffers major blow in bid to round up Democrats

Burrows and Paxton filed their lawsuit in Illinois westernmost county, which recorded a 47 percent vote for Donald Trump ...

What a second special session could mean for Texas redistricting, flood relief

If a quorum is not met in the Texas House on Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have confirmed they ...