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A week into their walkout, Texas Democrats are figuring out what to do next

Texas Democratic lawmakers expected to confront many uncertainties when they left the state in a last-ditch attempt to block ...

AG Ken Paxton files lawsuit in California to enforce arrests of absent House Democrats

Ken Paxton is asking that California law enforcement officers be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who are staying in ...

Demonstrators protest in Austin as civil arrest warrants for Democrats who left the state

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton Files Lawsuit To Vacate Seats Of 13 Democrats Who Fled State

The lawsuit from Paxton is one of several ways Texas officials have pressured Democrats to return to the state for a vote on ...

Networks pounce on Republican redistricting. They didn’t care when Democrats did it

Texas Democrats travel to blue states to block redistricting quorum as networks demonstrate double standard in covering ...
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Democrats bracing for massive protests at party’s August convention

As protests over the Israel-Gaza war sweep college campuses, pro-Palestinian activists are ramping up plans for a major show of force at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, increasingly ...

Why Gov. Abbott, Texas GOP are using hardball tactics to bring back quorum-busting Democrats

DALLAS — Texas Republicans are taking extraordinary measures to quell a quorum break by House Democrats designed to kill congressional redistricting. The tough approach includes the following: —Gov.