News

Donald Trump addresses Texas plan to boost Republican majority
Republicans currently hold 25 of Texas' seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, while Democrats have 13 seats.
Texas special session 2025: Flood relief, THC regulation, property taxes and GOP-led redistricting push
The 30-day special session of the Texas Legislature is set to begin Monday, July 21. The agenda includes 18 legislative ...
Republican officials open a dubious door with its latest offensive against Texas’ Paxton
The NRSC wants to focus on Ken Paxton’s alleged infidelities. But what about other leading party officials who’ve faced ...
Opinion
Can Texas GOP steal the midterms in advance? Yes, they can
State courts certainly exist in Texas, but serve to cement egregious GOP power grabs, not prevent them. Despite California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s midnight-drunkard ramblings that his state might ...
Why a walkout on GOP redistricting could be very risky for Texas Democrats
Actually derailing the redistricting effort, which was one of nearly 20 items added to the special session agenda by Gov.
2003 redistricting profoundly changed Texas politics, will this year’s plan do the same?
In 2003, just three years after the decennial census, Texas Republicans developed a proposal to redraw that state’s congressional boundaries so provocative it caused 52 House Democrats to charter a ...
Cook Political Report moves Texas Senate race to ‘likely Republican’
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report changed its rating of the 2026 Texas Senate race from “solid Republican” to “likely ...