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‘Hug you one day and lock you up in cages the next’: the racism surfacing in TX redistricting fight

The ongoing redistricting fight in Texas has exposed some of the racial dynamics in the state. As the Democratic leader in ...

Paxton and Cornyn, facing off for Senate, use their official powers in Texas redistricting fight

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, ...

California's Newsom, Pelosi back Texas Democrats as GOP warns of more escalations over walkout

Texas has been the epicenter of Trump’s push to gerrymander congressional maps to shore up Republicans’ narrow House majority ...

Redistricting fight: Top takeaways as Maryland jumps in the fray with Trump, Texas

Maryland politicians are weighing in on the national debate over mid-decade redistricting, as states propose plans to give ...

Democrats delay Texas redistricting again, escalating a standoff with GOP leaders

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...

California escalates Texas redistricting fight with November ballot measure

California's governor said on Friday he will ask voters to approve a ballot measure in November redrawing the state's ...

'This BS is un-American': Texas Democratic Caucus Chair rips GOP over gerrymander

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now suing to remove from office more than a dozen Democrats who left the state to block the GOP ...

Texas Democrat responds to FBI threat

CNN’s Victor Blackwell speaks with Texas Democratic State Rep. Vince Perez, who has left Texas for Illinois, about state ...