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Texas governor promises to keep redistricting fight going for years  The Washington Post Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Trump over GOP redistricting efforts  NBC News A week into their walkout, Texas Democrats are figuring out what to do next  CNN Texas redistricting fight with Democrats ‘could last years’, threatens Greg Abbott  The Guardian Cornyn leans into Texas redistricting fight …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Sen. Bernie Sanders says Democratic governors have “no choice” but to redraw congressional maps in response to Texas Republicans’ redistricting plan – which the Vermont independent describes as an attempt by President Donald Trump to “rig the system.” “What we have now is a terrible situation, and Republicans are making it worse. Well, what are you …

Shedeur Sanders was going to make headlines regardless of how he played in his NFL preseason debut. But, following a superb performance in which his 138 passing yards, 19 rushing yards and two touchdowns helped the Cleveland Browns cruise to a 30-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers, Sanders didn’t hold back from media personnel. 4 It was all smiles between …

Hong Kong and global film icon Jackie Chan got a rapturous reception at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Saturday evening as he was honored with the Pardo alla Carriera, or Career Leopard award, on the Swiss town’s Piazza Grande square. “Buona sera,” Chan said, showing off his Italian skills with a wave the second he hit the stage. When he …

Andreas HaleAug 9, 2025, 11:10 PM ET Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior …

Official Result: Eric McConico defeats Cody Brundage by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28) Eric McConico and Cody Brundage kicked off Saturday’s action with a gruelling clash between traditional middleweights elevated a weight class as a result of the fight coming together on short notice. McConico clipped Brundage in the opening seconds of the contest, hurting the Factory X representative, but …

As Texas Republicans battle with state House Democrats, who fled to block the GOP’s ability to pass new congressional maps, there’s an intraparty skirmish proceeding just as fiercely on the sidelines: the state’s contentious Republican Senate primary. Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is challenging Cornyn in a primary, have spent the last week making appeals …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, are both using the powers of their offices to try to pressure Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to prevent a vote on a GOP-led redistricting plan. Paxton on Friday said he was asking …

It was a stirring speech that brought Democrats to tears. “When someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don’t stoop to their level,” Michelle Obama told them in Philadelphia in 2016. “No, our motto is: ‘When they go low, we go high.’” Fast forward to Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaking in Chicago this week. …

The battle over redistricting in Texas has been one of the biggest stories in politics over the past week. Republicans in the Lone Star State are hoping to approve new congressional maps that could secure the GOP five additional seats in the House of Representatives if they’re in place in time for the 2026 midterms. That plan is stalled at …