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Texas Democrats face deadline to return or face GOP expulsion lawsuit – The Washington Post

Texas Democrats face deadline to return or face GOP expulsion lawsuit  The Washington Post Texas Democrats know they may lose redistricting protest, but hope to spark a national fight  The Texas Tribune Quote du jour: Moore denounces Texas gerrymandering efforts  Axios ‘Special session after special session’: Abbott says he’ll continue until redrawn maps are passed  Politico The FBI has been asked to help locate …

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Democrats make a Trump-inspired U-turn on redistricting – Politico

Democrats make a Trump-inspired U-turn on redistricting  Politico Republicans are going outside of Texas to try to redraw more US House seats  CNN Why Trump’s political war in Texas is much bigger than the Lone Star State  USA Today Watch: What is gerrymandering? We use gummy bears to explain  BBC Playbook: The redistricting reverb  Politico Source link

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"It's existential now": House Democrats prepare to go scorched earth on redistricting – Axios

“It’s existential now”: House Democrats prepare to go scorched earth on redistricting  Axios A Political Game Could Redefine Voting in America  The Atlantic Watch: What is gerrymandering? We use gummy bears to explain  BBC How politicians are picking their voters with partisan redistricting  PBS Redistricting desperation is going viral ahead of 2026  Axios Source link

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Senator Cornyn says FBI will help track down Texas Democrats who fled over redistricting vote – Reuters

Senator Cornyn says FBI will help track down Texas Democrats who fled over redistricting vote  Reuters Democrats respond to FBI agreement to locate Texas lawmakers: ‘We will not be intimidated’ – live updates  The Guardian The cold, hard cash hanging over the Texas redistricting fight: From the Politics Desk  NBC News Led by Trump, Republicans push to redraw election maps in multiple states  The …

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Trump’s approval rating still negative while the public sours further on Democrats, CNBC survey shows

Trump’s approval rating still negative while the public sours further on Democrats, CNBC survey shows

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. Bonnie Cash | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s overall and economic approval ratings remain in negative territory despite a slight improvement in the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey. More troubling for the president, however, could be …

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FBI will help track down Texas Democrats who left state, Sen. John Cornyn says

FBI will help track down Texas Democrats who left state, Sen. John Cornyn says

FBI Director Kash Patel has agreed to aid the search for the Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to protest new congressional maps, Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday.  Texas Republicans have been trying to bring the Democrats back so there are enough lawmakers on the floor for a quorum, which would enable them to vote on new congressional maps …

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Texas Democrats evacuated from Illinois hotel over potential bomb threat – The Washington Post

Texas Democrats evacuated from Illinois hotel over potential bomb threat  The Washington Post Republicans Raise the Pressure on Texas Democrats to End Their Walkout  The New York Times Pritzker, Texas Dems ‘undeterred’ amid threats  Politico Texas state lawmakers in Illinois evacuated from their hotel after threat  NBC News Texas Democrats receive bomb threat in escalating standoff over redistricting  The Guardian Source link

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How a Self-Described Wallflower Came to Lead the Texas Democrats’ Walkout – The New York Times

How a Self-Described Wallflower Came to Lead the Texas Democrats’ Walkout  The New York Times Can the Out-of-State Texas Dems Be Arrested?  Time Magazine Blue State Republicans Helped Win the House Majority. The Redistricting Wars May End Their Careers.  Politico AWOL Dems’ flight from Texas may have been funded illegally by Beto O’Rourke nonprofit  Fox News How Texas Republicans want to dismantle Democratic districts  CNN …

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