Trump would benefit from more Texas Republicans in the House for the 2026 midterm election. Texas' redistricting plan could give him what he wants.

The effort has worried some in the party who have little appetite for an escalating redistricting war with Democrats.

A judge temporarily barred O'Rourke's political group from helping to fund Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state.

Texas Republicans are suing to remove 13 House Democrats who fled the state to block a redistricting plan, while Attorney General Ken Paxton also secured a restraining order against Beto O’Rourke’s PAC for allegedly funding the lawmakers’ absence.

A Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order against Beto O’Rourke’s nonprofit after the state AG accused him of unlawfully fundraising for Democrats who fled to block GOP bills.

California's governor said on Friday he will ask voters to approve a ballot measure in November redrawing the state's congressional map in a way likely to create five more Democratic seats, escalating a redistricting war with the Republican-led state of Texas and President Donald Trump.

Republicans had warned they would escalate efforts to end the nearly weeklong holdout if defiant Democrats do not return to the state Capitol. But the Democrats who bolted for points across the country on Aug.

Texas’ redistricting standoff rose to a new level Friday as Democrats once again denied a quorum to allow the House to consider the GOP-led plan and Republicans responded by threatening more punitive action.