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Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the ...
Texas House speaker ‘confident’ that redistricting bill will be passed in a 'timely manner'
Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses the state of the redistricting bill that would add five more ...
Texas governor threatens arrest of Democrats absent at Monday redistricting vote
Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened on Monday to arrest Democratic lawmakers who are using their collective absence from ...
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats
Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...
Texas Dems gone AWOL may soon be subject to arrest warrants, House Speaker says
Gov. Gregg Abbott says state Democrats who skipped town to derail a GOP-backed redistricting effort could face expulsion from ...
Texas Gov. Abbott orders civil arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled state to block GOP-drawn congressional map
Texas Republican lawmakers returned to the Capitol without Democrats, who fled to block a vote on a GOP-drawn congressional map.
Texas and California joust for political advantage, with Trump’s agenda and House majority in play
The rivalry tugging at the nation’s political balance is playing out in advance of the 2026 midterm elections.
‘The start of a long fight’: 3 writers on Texas’s political showdown
What to make of this political showdown? I’m joined by my colleagues E.J. Dionne Jr. and Megan McArdle to discuss. Mizanur ...