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Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. When Texas House Democrats returned to the Capitol after walking out over the GOP’s new congressional map, they …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats who ended a walkout found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts and fulfill President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps. Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing …

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House on Monday gaveled in with a quorum for the first time in two weeks as …

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 …

Texas Democrats Set to End Walkout Over Redistricting, Allowing Redrawn Map to Pass  The New York Times Texas and California are set to push forward in the national redistricting fight  CNN Texas Republicans set to resume push for redrawn US House maps  AP News Texas Senate panel again advances redrawn congressional map  The Texas Tribune Texas Democrats to return home to launch new chapter …

Morgan Wallen brought out another surprise guest for the walk-out moment at the opening night of his I’m the Problem tour stop in Cleveland. The 32-year-old country star made a dramatic entrance during the first of two sold-out shows at Huntington Bank Stadium on Friday (Aug. 15), flanked by Kid Rock, 54, who wore a statement-making fur coat with the …

CHICAGO (AP) — Texas Democrats on Thursday moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election and put them under escalating threats by Republicans back home. The Democrats announced they will return provided that Texas Republicans end a special session and California releases its own redrawn map …

Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout  Politico How a U.S. Senate Race Is Shaping the Fight Over Redistricting in Texas  The New York Times Texas’s renegade Democrats prepare for a glorious defeat  The Economist Ted Cruz Wants Democratic Wipeout in Texas Over Newsom’s California Plan  Newsweek Texas Democrats say they are prepared to return to state after two-week absence  The Guardian …

AUSTIN — A majority of Democrats in the Texas Senate walked out of the chamber Tuesday to protest a vote on a congressional redistricting map as it advanced to the Texas House. Nine of the Senate’s 11 Democrats left just as Republican Sen. Phil King of Weatherford introduced Senate Bill 4, which included a congressional map that is a replica …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Friday warned they would escalate efforts to end a nearly weeklong holdout by Democrats if they don’t return to vote on new congressional voting maps sought by President Donald Trump in a widening battle over redistricting across the U.S. The dozens of Texas House Democrats who left the state on Aug. 3 have …