“The underlying goal is this plan is straightforward: Improve Republican political performance,” he told his colleagues, adding that the crux of the changes to the maps center on five districts that ...

Republicans in the Texas House were poised on Wednesday to approve an aggressively partisan redistricting, overcoming Democratic protests and delivering to President Trump the congressional map he ca...

Their walkout, which was never likely to prevent the maps from passing entirely, inspired Democrats in blue states across the country to rally behind their cause, pleading to pursue their own redistri...

“It will hurt my family forever that, for reasons I still do not know, these protections were not in place nor thought out thoroughly for my daughter and the rest of the girls here,” he said.

Parents of young girls who died in devastating flooding in Texas while staying at Camp Mystic have given emotional testimony about the impact of their loss.

They pleaded with members of a State Senate committee to approve legislation that would improve flood warning systems, bolster internet communication, improve training and supply rescue equipment suc...