A federal court Tuesday blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map in next year’s midterms, ruling that the map is likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The ruling is a major ...

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas’ political maps redrawn this summer at the behest of Donald Trump. Credit: Shutterstock / lev radin Republicans can say goodbye to the advantage they briefly gained ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that ...

Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday. The ruling was a blow to ...

Republicans grabbed back the edge in the nationwide redistricting wars as the conservative-led Supreme Court has approved a new GOP-friendly Texas map that should help them flip up to five Democratic ...

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday restored for now Texas' newly redrawn congressional map that could give Republicans five additional House seats, after a lower court found that some of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year’s elections to be held under the state’s congressional redistricting plan favorable to ...

With President Donald Trump taking office for a second term, the Texas Legislature meeting for its regular biennial session and candidates preparing for a midterm election, 2025 was already destined ...