Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, ...

Texas Democrats geared up for another day of defiance against Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP as they try to move forward ...

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is in his fifth decade in Congress and the veteran Democrat is showing no inclination to step aside. He says he plans to seek another term ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made her second visit of the year to Illinois on Friday to condemn the ...

Ken Paxton is challenging John Cornyn in a 2026 Texas Senate race, and a super PAC highlights the attorney general's role in ...

Texas Democrats travel to blue states to block redistricting quorum as networks demonstrate double standard in covering Republican versus Democratic gerrymandering ...

Maryland politicians are weighing in on the national debate over mid-decade redistricting, as states propose plans to give ...

A second bomb threat was reported at the Illinois hotel housing Texas Democrats who fled their state over the weekend, local ...

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On Friday, Paxton filed a petition for writs of quo warranto with the Texas Supreme Court to declare 13 House seats vacant currently held by Democrats who’ve left the state.

The gerrymandering drama in Texas – and beyond – has continued to unfold after Democratic state legislators fled the state.

Whether it’s Texas Republicans seeking to gerrymander congressional boundaries or Illinois Democrats preserving their control ...