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Texas Democrats know they have few options to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps exactly as the ...
On his podcast, Joe Rogan told Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) that he should run for president. Rogan was an influential ...
Lawmakers threatened to drag out hearings, filibuster and even flee the state to deny the quorum necessary to conduct ...
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Democrats appeared Monday for a special session but left open the possibility of walking out as a means ...
Before he called lawmakers back to Austin to redraw Texas’ congressional maps, Gov. Greg Abbott was initially resistant to the plan pushed by President Donald Trump’s political team to pick up new GOP ...
Democracy Upside Down
The organization I lead, Democracy Forward, has, along with several other groups, filed a motion to defend the law. Texans ...
President Trump wants senators to work through a planned August recess, as lawmakers push to flee Washington to campaign back ...
Texas Democratic Rep. Lizzie Fletcher joins Way Too Early to warn that President Trump’s push to redraw Texas congressional maps is not a state priority — and calls the redistricting effort “racial ...
A CBS poll published last weekend found that six in 10 respondents disapprove of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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NPR speaks with U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y, who says Democrats should pursue redistricting in blue states in response to Texas Republicans who are making the same effort.