The subpoenas come nearly two weeks after one of the panel’s subcommittees voted to compel the Justice Department to release the files, just before the House left for its summer recess. House Speaker Mike Johnson publicly resisted the effort, arguing the Administration needs “room to act” before Congress intervenes.

Karrin Taylor Robson commented for the first time, and Rep. Andy Biggs explained his new opposition to releasing files that are a headache for Trump.

Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican redistricting efforts in Texas.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called the Texas Democrats "heroes" at a joint press conference this morning in the Chicago area. Why it matters: President Trump's push to redraw Texas' congressional map is designed to net the GOP up to five House seats — potentially enough to decide the majority for Trump's final two years in office.

Texas Republican lawmakers returned to the Capitol without Democrats, who fled to block a vote on a GOP-drawn congressional map.

Gov. Greg Abbott filed his lawsuit as other top Republicans raised the prospect of intensifying law enforcement actions against Democrats.