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Showdown erupts in Texas over redistricting

'Come and take it': Showdown erupts in Texas over redistricting

Abbott said Texas House Democrats have until 3 p.m. local time on Monday to return to the statehouse for the special session or risk losing their jobs. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suggested Democrats who left should be arrested and forcibly brought back.

MSNBC · 18h

Dems ban together nationwide as showdown escalates over redistricting in Texas

Democrats across the U.S. are joining the fight alongside Texas House Democrats to oppose the vote on a new Trump-backed Congressional map that could add up to five Republican seats. This comes as Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatens the arrest and expulsion of House Democrats who don’t return to the state by this afternoon.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Texas Governor Threatens to Remove Democrats Who Left the State Over Trump-Backed Redistricting

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office if they do not return after dozens of them left the state

Texas showdown: Warrants, expulsion threats ratchet up fight

Abbott issues warrants for fleeing Dems ▪ Trump faces GOP skeptics on economy ▪ MTG on her place in the Republican Party ▪ How will tariffs affect ...

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Texas showdown comes to Illinois

REBELS WITH A CAUSE: In an extraordinary show of political defiance, more than 30 Texas House Democrats packed their bags ...

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5 things to know about the Texas political showdown

With the GOP firmly in control of both houses of Texas’s state legislature, Democrats didn’t have many avenues available to ...

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Why the Texas Redistricting Plan Caused Democrats to Flee and Could Help Trump in the Midterms

Redistricting typically occurs once per decade in each state following the census. But Texas Republicans broke that tradition ...

Texas Democrats in Boston, avoid showdown over redrawing congressional map

Some Texas lawmakers are in Massachusetts, as they dodge an attempt to change the voting boundaries. WBZ-TV’s Brandon Truitt ...

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Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP redistricting plan; Republicans vote on arrest warrants

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a ...

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USNS Laramie returns, Buxton Beach partially closed, TX redistricting showdown: Sunrise Brief

The USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) will return to Naval Station Norfolk on Tuesday.

FOX 7 Austin on MSN1d

Texas Senate passes THC ban, bill now heads to Texas House

The Texas Senate has once again passed a bill that would enact a full ban on THC in hemp-derived consumables, setting up a ...

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