Republican legislators, who have dominated Texas politics for over two decades, have undertaken a rare mid-decade redistricting to help Trump improve their party's odds of preserving its narrow U.S. House of Representatives majority amid political headwinds.

Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, spurring what’s likely to be a national battle over redistricting.

The Texas House passed its proposed congressional redistricting map Wednesday on a vote of 88-52. The final, procedural vote was underway Wednesday evening. Next, the map will head to the state Senate for consideration. The vote followed a fierce debate ...

A California legislative hearing turned into a shouting match Tuesday as a Republican lawmaker clashed with Democrats over a partisan plan to rewrite U.S. House maps to win Democrats more seats.

California Democrats are calling their redistricting process “transparent,” even as they refuse to disclose who is actually responsible for the state’s proposed congressional maps. Democratic California Gov.

Louisiana redistricting map blocked by appeals court for diluting Black votes while Supreme Court considers broader case on race-conscious congressional district drawing.

Former President Barack Obama has waded into states’ efforts at rare mid-decade redistricting efforts, saying he agrees with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to alter his state’s congressional maps, in the way of Texas redistricting efforts promoted by President Donald Trump aimed at shoring up Republicans’ position in next year’s elections.

The state legislature is officially back from summer recess, just two days since legislative democratic leaders released the draft of new statewide congressional maps aimed at shifting five red districts in blue districts.