Localized flooding in Houston is possible Friday as a tropical disturbance in the western Gulf of Mexico approaches the Texas coast.

Several Houston-area protests were planned for Saturday as part of a national day of action rallying against President Donald Trump's push to redraw congressional districts. Protests were planned around the state and country in response to GOP-led mid-decade redistricting efforts,

Texas House Democrats who fled the state nearly two weeks ago to block a redistricting plan favoring Republicans are expected to return home this weekend. The Texas House Democratic Caucus announced Thursday that the lawmakers will return once the legislature wraps up a special session on redistricting efforts and California releases its proposal to redraw

Democrats say they will return if the GOP ends the special legislative session and California releases a proposal to redraw its own congressional districts.