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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 FBI’s help in returning him and his state House colleagues to the state.

FOX 7 Austin on MSN · 6m

AG Paxton calls on California to aid Texas in arresting House Democrats that left the state

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking a California court to recognize civil warrants issued in Texas calling for the arrest and return of House Democrats that left the state to break quorum and prevent a vote on redrawn congressional maps.

Chicago Tribune · 21h

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 than where Texas lawmakers are located in suburban Chicago.

Texas, Democrats and California

The Detroit News · 1h

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 before next year.

U.S. News & World Report · 14h

How Texas Democrats' Walkout Has Launched a Fight Across the US Over Political Maps

Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the country to block new U.S. House maps pushed for by President Donald Trump t

The Boston Globe · 19h

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 the state Capitol. But the Democrats who bolted for points across the country on Aug.

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Texas House fails to meet quorum Friday as Democrats continue standoff, head to California ahead of redistricting hearing

After the Texas House failed to make a quorum on Tuesday, Texas Democrats were told to return to Austin by Friday or face ...

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Texas House again fails to reach quorum amid Democrats' protest

Gene Wu, the Texas House minority leader, earlier told ABC News Thursday that he believes his caucus would hold out on Friday ...

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Texas Republicans fire up the rhetoric, file lawsuits seeking to remove House Democrats trying to block mid-decade redistricting

On Friday afternoon, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit that asks the Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 House ...

In Battle for House, Democrats Are Calling Up Military Recruits

Aware of its deeply unpopular national brand, the Democratic Party is turning to an unusually large crop of veterans to help ...

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Texas Democrats who left state prevent vote, for now, on Trump’s efforts to add GOP House seats

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

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Democrats absent from Texas House, breaking quorum for 2nd day in a row in effort to block redistricting vote

The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a ...

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Lone Star State rivals for US Senate compete to wrangle runaway Democrats

Ken Paxton is challenging John Cornyn in a 2026 Texas Senate race, and a super PAC highlights the attorney general's role in a redistricting battle with fleeing Democrats.

Texas senator says FBI will help find Democrats who fled the state; Pritzker calls it 'grandstanding'

It's unclear what role federal agents can play in the matter, and there were no reports of FBI activity in the area housing ...

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