Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Texas state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin, right, listens as Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, speaks in favor of a bill ...

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WASHINGTON – By allowing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional map, the Supreme Court has kickstarted a nationwide partisan arms race over who holds a critical level of power in ...

FILE PHOTO: The Texas Capitol is lit during a session in the State Senate, as Republicans attempt to pass an HB 4, a bill that would redraw the state's 38 Congressional Districts, in Austin, Texas, ...

Lawmakers are awaiting a Supreme Court decision on redrawn electoral maps. The ongoing legal fight over Texas' congressional districts has created new challenges for candidates trying to run for ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appealed a ruling that blocked the state from using a voting map designed to give Republicans an advantage in next year's midterm elections. A federal court in Texas dealt a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ruling that Texas had racially discriminated in its 2025 congressional redistricting Thursday afternoon. On Nov. 21, Justice Samuel Alito gave Texas Republicans a ...

One judge on the three-judge panel dissented, calling the majority decision "judicial activism." The dissenting judge argued that the map targeted Democrats for political gain, not minority ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Supreme Court vote was 6-3 along the usual lines, with the conservatives in the majority and the three ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily paused a lower court ruling that blocked a new voting map in Texas, allowing the state to proceed for now with a plan aimed ...