Trump's Texas fight is aimed at giving the GOP an advantage in 2026 and a lame-duck president more power while in office. Democrats have other plans.

Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the bill into law, setting up race to redraw maps in California to neutralize Republican gains.

Texas and other states are trying to figure out how to keep up with rising power demand at a time wind and solar energy projects are coming under fire from the Trump administration.

Aaron Reitz and Chip Roy, positioning themselves as Paxton’s ideological heirs, have served as top aides for both the attorney general and Cruz.

Allies of Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) are unleashing millions of dollars in ad money for radio and TV, an influx that appears to have helped shrink state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s once commanding lead in their bitter Texas GOP Senate primary.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis was deemed “target number one” in a CBS interview as the gerrymandering war between Democratic and Republican states heats up. Malliotakis was a guest on “ The Point with Marcia Kramer ” on Aug 24.

The Texas Senate is debating the controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weekslong House standoff. The Republican-backed proposal, which passed the House in an 88-52 party-line vote on Wednesday, aims to redraw the state's congressional map and produce five new GOP-leaning districts.

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that might also redraw their maps.