Trump administration live updates: House members face rowdy town halls; Texas GOP back arrests of absent Democrats Attorney General Pam Bondi has launched a grand jury investigation of the Obama administration's assessment of Russia’s actions during the 2016 election.

The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.

The Democrats are standing firm, even as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to try to have them expelled and GOP lawmakers voted to issue civil arrest warrants.