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Texas lawmakers meet again Friday, when the Republican majority in the Senate could give final approval to their map.
Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.
The Texas Senate approved a bill early on Saturday to redraw the state's congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five seats held by Democrats to Republicans.
The map’s passage was a major victory in President Trump’s push to get Republican state leaders to help his party keep control of the U.S. House.
As California moves to retaliate, Republicans will likely benefit overall from the Trump-backed redistricting scramble.
The Texas Senate is debating the controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weekslong House standoff. The Republican-backed proposal, which passed the House in an 88-52 party-line vote on Wednesday, aims to redraw the state's congressional map and produce five new GOP-leaning districts.
Republicans in the Texas Senate approved a map backed by President Donald Trump that would give the GOP up to five more U.S. House seats in the midterms.
Dan Le Batard shared that Texas quarterback Arch Manning is facing pressure to live up to the Manning last name now that he's the starter for the Longhorns.
Henry Amoloja has various tools around his barber shop to make a sensory-friendly experience for his clients including quiet clippers, weighted stuffed animals and weighted cape.