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Supporters for the returning Texas democrats chant as members enter the house at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)

Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

August 19, 2025 at 6:58 a.m.

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing to around-the-clock surveillance.

House Speaker Dustin Burrows gavels out at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Trump ally Ken Paxton escalates Texas redistricting fight with call for Beto O’Rourke to be jailed

August 12, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

Texas Republican leaders said Tuesday that they were prepared to end their stalemated special session and immediately begin another standoff with Democrats in the GOP’s efforts to redraw congressional maps...

Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, Aug. 4, 2025, after the Republican-dominated House was unable to establish the quorum of lawmakers required to do business. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman)

Trump’s redistricting fight could broaden and last a while with Texas and California as epicenters

August 5, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

The nation’s two most populous states — California and Texas — grappled for political advantage in advance of 2026 elections that could reorder the balance of power in Washington and...

Gov. JB Pritzker greets Texas Democrats Aug. 3, 2025, after their arrival at the DuPage County Democratic Party headquarters in Carol Stream. The legislators left Texas to deny state Republicans the quorum they need to redraw five congressional districts aimed at helping President Donald Trump. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

August 4, 2025 at 8:14 p.m.

Texas Democrats on Monday successfully prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump.

The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, flank Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968. (Jack Thornell/AP)

Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

July 21, 2025 at 5:41 p.m.

The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., wraps up a news conference on President Donald Trump’s bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mike Johnson downplays Elon Musk’s influence and says Republicans will pass Donald Trump’s tax and budget bill

June 8, 2025 at 1:23 p.m.

With an uncharacteristically feistiness, Speaker Mike Johnson took clear sides Sunday in President Donald Trump’s breakup with mega-billionaire Elon Musk.

FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, from left, Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend a campaign event, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

President Trump says Elon Musk could face ‘serious consequences’ if he backs Democratic candidates in upcoming elections

June 7, 2025 at 3:29 p.m.

The president said Saturday that he has no desire to repair his relationship with Elon Musk, warning that the billionaire could face "serious consequences" if he tries to help Democrats...

This photo combo shows Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, right, speaking during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner, April 27, 2025, in Manchester, N.H. and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaking during a "Fighting Oligarchy" tour event at Arizona State University, March 20, 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Reba Saldanha)

Gov. JB Pritzker and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders

May 4, 2025 at 12:19 p.m.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, have seen their national profiles rise by delivering messages that excite a demoralized and fractured Democratic party.

FILE – Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA’s Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

US won’t say whether it’s facilitating return of mistakenly deported man, despite judge’s order

April 12, 2025 at 5:06 p.m.

The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a fireside chat with Stephen Cheung, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) and its subsidiary, the World Trade Center Los Angeles (WTCLA) at the 2025 Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook convening on Feb. 26, 2025, at the East LA College in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom opposes transgender athletes in women’s sports, splitting with progressives

March 6, 2025 at 5:45 p.m.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom used the inaugural episode of his new podcast to break from progressives by speaking out against allowing transgender women and girls to compete in female sports.

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