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Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office if they do not return ...

Sen. John Cornyn says FBI Director Kash Patel granted his request to assist with locating Texas Democrats who fled the state over GOP redistricting efforts.

The Texas House of Representatives has sued 33 House Democrats who absconded to Illinois to prevent a vote on Congressional ...

Illinois law enforcement officers should be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the Chicago area ...

Things are messy and only getting messier. To understand the showdown in Texas — and its stakes for the rest of the country — ...

The fight for control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections is underway — long before a single ballot is cast next year. Texas is fighting to enact a GOP-led redistricting effort that would give ...

A U.S. senator from Texas said the FBI is now on the lookout for the state's Democratic lawmakers hiding out in Illinois.

The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas to grind the ...

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on ...