The legal fight over the state's new congressional maps could be decided in the next week or two. On Monday, Oct. 6, a three-judge panel will continue holding a hearing that will determine whether the ...

The Texas Senate on Friday passed a new congressional map in a Trump-backed bid to bolster the Republican Party's chances of maintaining their majority in the U.S. House next year. The new Texas map ...

Rep. Mike Schofield, R-Katy, reads an article while a map of Texas sits on his laptop at his desk on the Texas House floor on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. The Texas House passed its proposed ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will now make a final decision on whether Texas can use its new congressional map, which Texas lawmakers passed this summer to benefit Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.

The showdown over Congressional maps in Texas has landed before the U.S. Supreme Court. On Friday, Nov. 21, Justice Samuel Alito granted the state's emergency application for an administrative stay.

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 ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that ...

The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymander that launched weeks of protests by Democrats ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to Texas’ efforts to be able to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans in the 2026 elections despite a lower court’s ruling that the ...

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Texas came to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to clear the way for it to use a new congressional map intended to increase the chances that Republicans can retain control of the U.S.

Texas House lawmakers approved a new gerrymandered map Wednesday that would likely give Republicans five additional congressional seats, at President Donald Trump’s urging, overcoming a protest by ...