Texas state Sen. Pete Flores, R-Pleasanton, looks over a redrawn U.S. congressional map during debate over a bill in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.

WASHINGTON – By allowing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional map, the Supreme Court has kickstarted a nationwide partisan arms race over who holds a critical level of power in ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appealed a ruling that blocked the state from using a voting map designed to give Republicans an advantage in next year's midterm elections. A federal court in Texas dealt a ...

Texas on Friday filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court after a ruling by a panel of federal judges blocked the state from using its redrawn congressional map, calling it "racially ...

AU.S. Supreme Court decisionon Thursday allows Texas' mid-decade congressional redistricting map, which was adopted this summer, to be used for the 2026 midterm elections. But it does not necessarily ...

The Supreme Court has given the Republican Party a boost in the redistricting fight for Congress by allowing a Texas map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in next year's midterms.

Federal judges in Texas this week will weigh whether the state’s newly drawn congressional map unlawfully dilutes the voting power of racial minorities, bringing to a head a redistricting battle that ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Supreme Court vote was 6-3 along the usual lines, with the conservatives in the majority and the three ...

Texas Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, right, huddles with other democrat senators and staff members to fight against a bill on a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate ...