News

California's Newsom, Pelosi back Texas Democrats as GOP warns of more escalations over walkout
Texas has been the epicenter of Trump’s push to gerrymander congressional maps to shore up Republicans’ narrow House majority ...
Some Democrats want new leadership. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden says he has what it takes to resist Trump
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is in his fifth decade in Congress and showing no inclination to step aside even as pressure builds on ...
The FBI has been asked to help locate Texas House Democrats. One state lawmaker says officials would be breaking the law
The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the ...
Texas Democrats head to California as Republicans warn of more escalations over walkout
Republicans had warned they would escalate efforts to end the nearly weeklong holdout if defiant Democrats do not return to ...
Union Leaders Get Tough With Democrats as Members Drift Toward Trump
Doubtful that President Trump has their best interests in mind, top union officials are redoubling efforts to push the ...
Democrats delay Texas redistricting again, escalating a standoff with GOP leaders
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...
Are Democrats denying Republicans a district in Massachusetts? Here’s what the maps show.
President Trump has claimed that Massachusetts Democrats have gerrymandered the state's districts, denying Republicans ...
Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up
The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas to grind the ...
Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle
Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...
Second bomb threat this week at Chicago-area hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying
A Chicago-area hotel, where many Texas Democrats who left the state in protest were staying, was evacuated for the second ...
Inside Democrats’ risky gambit to ‘fight fire with fire’ over election maps
Their exodus, coordinated with top Democrats outside Texas, is the latest flash point in a rapidly spreading fight over ...