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Texas Dem on redistricting fight

Texas lawmaker behind redistricting plan makes no apology for wanting more Republicans in Congress

Hunter, who started his career as a Democrat and is now one of the most senior members of the Texas House, brushed aside arguments that Abbott and the Legislature are abusing the political process by revisiting redistricting with no new census data or court order compelling them to do so.

USA Today · 1d

Texas redistricting plan backed by Trump sparks national backlash from Democrats

Texas Republicans, backed by President Donald Trump, are pushing a mid-decade redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms, drawing backlash from Democrats.

MSNBC · 1d

Republicans 'trying to rig' 2026: Texas Democrat hits state party over redistricting efforts

Texas Republicans released a proposed new congressional map Wednesday that would give the GOP a path to pick up five seats in next year’s midterm elections. Chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, Kendall Scudder,

Ghislaine Maxwell quietly moved from Florida to Texas prison

CBS News on MSN · 2h

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's associate, moved to federal prison in Texas

Ghislaine Maxwell has been serving a 20-year prison sentence after she was convicted in 2021 for her role in helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit and abuse underage girls.

NBC News on MSN · 2h

Ghislaine Maxwell moved to federal prison camp in Texas

Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's associate who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in recruiting and trafficking minors for sex, was being held at a facility in Florida.

UPI on MSN · 1h

Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell moved from Florida to Texas

Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved from her prison in Tallahassee, Fla., to a low-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas, though no reason has been given.

Texas, US House and Republicans

The Washington Post · 1h

Democrats cry foul as Republicans push to redraw Texas electoral maps to gain US House seats

Democratic lawmakers are trying to build a case that Republicans in Texas have engineered a rushed and unfair process for redrawing the state’s congressional districts

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Texas Republicans get a bigger House edge under a new map, meeting Trump's goals

Texas Republicans on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new U.S. House map that would deliver on President Donald Trump's goal of creating more winnable GOP seats before the 2026 elections, pushing ahead with a fast and unusual summer redrawing that Democrats have few options to blunt.

NBC News · 1d

Jeffries accuses Texas Republicans of trying to 'rig the congressional map'

N.Y., traveled to Texas to join Democrats who represent the state opposing a proposal for a new congressional map.

Texas, Newsom and California

MSNBC · 1d

Newsom takes on Texas Republicans, says he'll redraw California map if Texas redistricts

Democrats are struggling to respond to a White House-backed push to redraw Texas’ congressional maps with five new safe GOP seats, which could short-circuit their entire midterm campaign effort, Semafor's Dave Weigel reports.

The Texas Tribune · 1d

Newsom will move to redraw California map if Texas redistricts, teeing up national fight

The governor plans to go through the Legislature to usher in a map with more Democratic seats if Texas tilts its map to the right, according to a person with knowledge of Newsom’s thinking.

Yahoo · 17h

California governor considers special election on redistricting in response to Texas GOP

Gov. Gavin Newsom, blasting President Donald Trump for his plan calling on Republicans in the Texas legislature to redraw congressional districts in the Lone Star State.

Texas lawmakers grill Kerr County officials

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 22h

Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Officials Over Deadly Hill Country Floods

Texas state lawmakers from both parties criticized local authorities in Kerr County for being unprepared for the devastating July Fourth flooding that left more than 135 people dead in their region.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Texas lawmakers fault Kerr County officials on response to deadly floods

Thursday’s special hearing in Kerr County is the public’s first chance to speak directly to legislators. “We have every right to be angry,” one woman says.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 17h

Kerr County officials failed to follow certain aspects of disaster plan during Texas floods

The five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible for alerting the public to evacuate.

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Dallas, Fort Worth rank high for Californians moving to Texas, list says

In a dramatic population shift, Dallas and Fort Worth are among the top Texas cities attracting nearly 100,000 Californians ...

32mon MSN

Houston Fire Department rescuing person who fell from construction site at Texas Medical Center

HOUSTON — A Houston Fire Department's rescue team responded to an emergency at a construction site in the Texas Medical ...

1hon MSN

Flaco Jimenez, Texas accordionist who expanded popularity of conjunto and Tejano music, dies at 86

Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of ...

1hon MSN

New AI helicopters could revolutionize wildfire battles in Texas

DARPA's Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System-or ALIAS-has already proven it can fly autonomously on about 20 types of ...

2hon MSN

Truck driver indicted after I-20 crash kills 5 in Texas

DALLAS — A Kaufman County grand jury has indicted a truck driver on multiple felony charges stemming from a J une 28 crash on ...

2hon MSN

A Texas researcher was held at an airport for over a week. Now he faces deportation

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A researcher at Texas A&M University flying home from abroad was detained for more than a week by ...

42mon MSN

North Texas military veterans face sharp cuts to VA-funded in-home care

Veterans in North Texas who depend on federal funding for in-home care are seeing major cutbacks, forcing some to give up the ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN2h

Texas Senate once again tries to give the attorney general authority to prosecute election crimes

A similar proposal stalled out earlier this year over disagreements between the House and Senate. This time, lawmakers might ...

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