News

Can the Texas Democrats Who Fled the State Be Arrested? What to Know
Trump suggested the FBI could get involved in the state standoff, but what are the actual legal repercussions of the ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN3h
Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults
Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the ...
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 ...
Democrats absent from Texas House, breaking quorum for 2nd day in a row in effort to block redistricting vote
The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN2d
Texas House issues arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting
The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to ...
FBI urged to locate or arrest Texas Democrats who fled state to stall redistricting vote
Sen. Cornyn requests federal investigation into Texas House members who left state to avoid legislative duties, citing ...
Texas Democrat Reacts as Abbott Asks State Supreme Court to Remove Him
The chair of the Democratic Caucus in Texas' House of Representatives called Governor Abbott's move "purely insanity." ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN16h
House Democrats helped Dustin Burrows win the gavel. Their departure from the state marks a pivotal moment for him.
The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...
Texas Democrats arrive in Illinois to block vote back home on redrawn House maps sought by Trump
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session of the Legislature that started last month to take up the redistricting ...
Texas state Democrat apologizes for comparing GOP redistricting plan to the Holocaust
Democratic Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones invoked the Holocaust while discussing state Democrats like herself fleeing the ...