Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House speaker’s order that members who fled the state weeks earlier be placed ...

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After a weekslong delay caused by Democratic lawmakers who fled the state in protest, the Republican-controlled Texas House is now poised to pass a new congressional map that aims to pad the GOP’s ...

U.S.-NATO MEETING: U.S. and NATO military officials will meet today to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine as the White ...

The redistricting fight heats up in Texas House as lawmakers prepare to vote on new mid-decade redistricting maps while Democratic activists voice their disapproval.

At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices.