Many states in the United States would be significantly impacted if sea levels rose 10 feet, including Texas, a projection ...

The map pulses with disturbing detail: the blue lines pressing inland, engulfing familiar towns, marshlands, and wildlife ...

I represent the people of El Paso, Texas in the state legislature, a west Texas district that is a 14-hour drive away from the Louisiana border. Yet, data from the Texas Legislative Council indicates ...

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Texas House Democrats left the state in a desperate bid to block an aggressively partisan redrawing of the state’s congressional map orchestrated by Republicans with the support of President Donald ...

Experts said the new map could allow Republicans to flip up to five seats. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill redrawing Texas’ congressional map into law, he said on Friday. The milestone for the ...

The newly redrawn congressional map touted by Texas Republicans, which would have laid the groundwork for the party to pick up at least five new seats in the 2026 midterm election, was blocked Tuesday ...

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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 ...

Texas Democrats left the state Sunday in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will net them several additional U.S. House ...

Washington — A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using its newly redrawn congressional map in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, a setback for Republicans as they work to maintain their ...