California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a series of bills calling for new congressional maps that could add up to five Democratic seats in Congress, a response to an ongoing, Trump-led effort in Texas to use redistricting there to carve out five additional GOP seats.

Overnight, California's governor signed into law *** plan for voters to decide whether to approve *** redrawn congressional map. It would give Democrats 5 more winnable seats in the US House next year.

The vote marked a return volley by Democrats in a national redistricting war the day after Texas approved its new map.

The vote clears the way for Gov. Greg Abbott to sign the map into law and sets up a path for Republicans to gain up to five additional seats in the House.

California Democrats landed their counterpunch to Texas on Thursday, just a day after Texas Republicans advanced their redrawn map that had come at the urging of President Donald Trump with the aim of padding their House majority by five seats.

A California Republican caught in President Trump’s mid-decade gerrymandering plan got blindsided Wednesday night when a CNN anchor demanded to know why her grievances should be taken seriously when she refused to criticize Texas Republicans for the same maneuver.

Golden State conservatives are as comfortable with Big Tech regulating AI as the federal government taking the reins, an exclusive poll shows.

California races toward redrawing congressional maps as Texas moves toward final approval of its plans. California Democrats are rushing Thursday to advance a plan to draw a new congressional map, aiming to counter Texas Republicans in a national fight between the two parties to seize an advantage in next year’s midterm elections.