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Texas governor orders police to find and arrest Democrats who fled over redistricting
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said he ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to find and arrest the Democrats who ...
Texas governor orders arrest of Democrats absent at Monday redistricting vote
By Julia Harte and Evan Garcia AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered Democratic lawmakers to be ...
Texas Democrats who had to leave their state to fight Trump’s redistricting scheme join Lawrence
Democratic Texas State Representatives Mihaela Plessa and Erin Zwiener join MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell—in New York, after ...
Texas Republicans issue civil arrest warrants, as Democrats flee to block Trump-backed gerrymander
Over 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state Sunday night, denying the House a quorum and temporarily blocking a ...
Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left the state over Trump-backed redistricting
The revolt by Democrats in the state House and Abbott’s threat ratcheted up a widening fight over congressional maps that ...
Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump's efforts to add GOP House seats
Texas Democrats on Monday prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a ...
Decamped in Illinois, Texas Democrats say they will not back down from redistricting fight
Texas Democrats said Monday they are now pushing the redistricting fight to other states in what they described as an escalating fight over state Republicans’ continued efforts to flip as many as five ...
'All-out war': Fleeing Texas Dems side with Newsom as redistricting standoff continues: 'fire with fire'
Texas Democrats flee to Illinois to block redistricting vote while California's Newsom vows to counter Republican gerrymandering efforts with similar measures.
Stefanik torches Hochul as ‘Worst Governor in America’ after ‘pathetic’ press conference
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) issued a scathing rebuke Monday of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s press conference on redistricting, ...
States weigh mid‑cycle redistricting in escalating political battle
A high‑stakes fight in Texas over congressional maps is sparking a broader political clash, with both Republican and Democrat ...
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now'
Rachel Maddow points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the United States has changed ...