California Democrats may have successfully muscled a new congressional map through the state legislature this week, but the redistricting fight in the Golden State is only just beginning.

Texas lawmakers approved a new congressional map this week at the behest of President Donald Trump, seeking to preserve his Republican Party's slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 2026 midterm elections.

California lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve legislation calling for a special election in November to approve a redrawn congressional map.

Parents of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro face murder charges as San Bernardino authorities continue search for the Southern California child.

Rebecca and Jake Haro, the parents of Emmanuel Haro, were arrested at their home in Cabazon, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a Facebook post. Cabazon is an unincorporated community in Riverside County, approximately 20 miles from Palm Springs.

The parents of a 7-month-old child who has been missing for over a week have been arrested for murder, authorities in California announced Friday.

LOS ANGELES, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The California legislature approved on Thursday a redistricting plan aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in the U.S. Congress, countering a partisan advantage President Donald Trump sought from a Republican move to redraw political maps in Texas.