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Texas Republicans rolled out a proposed overhaul of the Lone Star State’s congressional map Wednesday, aiming to flip as many as five Democrat-held House seats and potentially sparking a ...

Court order striking down Texas redistricting map upends plans for candidates across the stateGabby Birenbaum, The Texas ...

The new map, approved by the Texas Legislature in August and signed by Abbott, was designed for Republicans to flip five ...

Portions of South-Central Texas—including areas such as Austin and San Antonio—will be placed under a flood watch.

Elected officials from Houston and across Texas were swift to react Tuesday after a federal court blocked a new congressional map passed by the state’s Republican lawmakers in a case that has major ...

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 ...

The ruling raises questions for Missourians, especially those living in U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver’s 5th district. KCTV sat down with Abigail Vegter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political ...

Caroline Linton is an associate managing editor on the political team for CBSNews.com. She has previously written for The Daily Beast, Newsweek and amNewYork. North Carolina is now the latest state to ...