Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier, left, looks to supporters outside of the House Chamber where she refuses to leave due to a required law enforcement escort, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier, left, looks to supporters outside of the House Chamber where she refuses to leave due to a required law …
Read More »Texas Republicans Ready to Pass New Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted The New York Times Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don’t let Democrats out of sight after walkout AP News With police trailing him, Texas lawmaker spends a long day into night The Washington Post Texas Republicans set to approve Trump-backed new congressional map – US politics live The Guardian More …
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The summer battle over partisan gerrymandered new maps has reached a fever pitch this week, with Texas Democrats ending their blockade of a session to redraw the state’s maps in favor of Republicans, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom promising …
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As President Trump attempts to help negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, questions have grown about what will happen to Ukrainian territory claimed by the Kremlin and held by Russian forces. Mr. Trump has said any ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine would involve “some land swapping,” though it isn’t clear exactly what that means. Russia launched a …
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The Battlefield 6 open beta has officially ended after two weekends of explosive action, and based on the number of concurrent players on Steam and the slew of reactions online, a lot of people took some time with Battlefield’s next installment. One of the main concerns coming out of the beta involves players worried about the average size of multiplayer …
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Those of you who remember driving before Google Maps, or any kind of GPS navigation, will know just how incredible a service it is. As long as you have a cell signal, it’s now almost impossible to get lost or struggle to find where you need to go. But there’s a lot more to Google Maps than simply getting from …
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A group of dataminers has reportedly shared visual evidence of some very large maps that will be available in Battlefield 6 at launch or shortly after the online shooter’s October release on PC and console. Over the last two weekends, Battlefield 6‘s open beta was a big hit with players. The upcoming military sim’s ground combat, explosive destruction, and Battlefield …
Read More »AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats said Monday that they were ending a two-week walkout that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his advantage. Their return will allow the Republican-run Legislature to proceed as California Democrats advance a counter-effort to redraw …
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As California pushes to eclipse Texas’ gerrymandering effort to secure more Republican-held seats in the House of Representatives at midterm elections, the first draft of the newly drawn congressional maps became public Friday. This came a day after Governor Gavin Newsom held a news conference in LA’s Little Tokyo to announce a special election in November to ask for voters’ …
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Democrats unveiled a proposal Friday that could give California’s dominant political party an additional five U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year. The plan calls for an unusually timed reshaping of House district lines to greatly strengthen the Democratic advantage in the state ahead of midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending …
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