AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, ...

U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, walks to a congressional redistricting meeting at the University of Houston campus in Houston, Texas, on July 26, 2025. Credit: Danielle Villasana for The Texas Tribune ...

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Texas state Sen. Pete Flores looks over a redrawn U.S. congressional map during debate over a bill in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, August 22, 2025. Credit: Eric Gay/AP Photo We ...

WASHINGTON — Before he called lawmakers back to Austin to redraw Texas’ congressional maps, Gov. Greg Abbott was initially resistant to the plan pushed by President Donald Trump’s political team to ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, ...

On Wednesday, the legal fight over the newly approved congressional maps in Texas will shift from the Capitol to a federal courtroom in El Paso. That's when federal judges will consider a lawsuit by a ...