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Texas House Democrats evacuated from Illinois hotel due to bomb threat

Texas House Democrats were evacuated from their Illinois hotel Wednesday due to a bomb threat. In a statement, Texas House Democrats said they are safe and “undeterred.” A group of Democratic state lawmakers has been staying in Illinois after leaving Texas to deny Texas House Republicans a quorum to vote on new congressional maps that

CNN on MSN · 2h

Texas House Dems faced potential bomb threat in Illinois, police say

A delegation of Texas House Democrats had to evacuate their hotel in Illinois Wednesday morning due to a potential bomb threat, according to multiple lawmakers and local police.

MSNBC · 1h

Texas Dem lawmakers get security briefing on bomb threat in Illinois

Texas Democratic lawmakers just received a security briefing about a bomb threat in Illinois, one of the states they traveled to. This comes as the Texas Governor is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to remove the Democratic House leader,

Texas, House and Trump

Associated Press News on MSN · 18h

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 congressional map sought by Donald Trump.

USA TODAY · 21h

See how Texas redistricting maps could gain Trump more Republican seats in the House

Trump would benefit from more Texas Republicans in the House for the 2026 midterm election. Texas' redistricting plan could give him what he wants.

ABC News on MSN · 23h

Texas redistricting: What's at stake as Republicans aim to pick up 5 House seats

But the Lone Star State's political showdown has national implications, with control of the U.S. House potentially at stake. Republicans started the 119th Congress with the smalle

Texas, Democrats and redistricting

CBS News on MSN · 15h

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 debate on a bill to redraw the state's congressional districts that could add five seats favoring Republicans. That prompted a Republican-backed motion for their civil arrests to force them to return.

U.S. News & World Report · 2d

Texas Governor Vows to Replace Democrats Absent at Monday Redistricting Vote

The more than 50 Democratic members of the Texas legislature left the state on Sunday to deny Republicans the quorum necessary to vote on the redistricting plan, which President Donald Trump has championed,

CNN on MSN · 8h

What to expect next in Texas’ redistricting standoff and whether Democrats can be expelled

Most Democrats who left the state to stop the redistricting effort are showing no signs they will come back to Texas. Republicans are escalating their threats, with Gov. Greg Abbott going to court to request the removal of a Houston lawmaker from office.

Texas, Democrats and Greg Abbott

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 11h

Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leader who left state

Legal experts say it’s “inconsistent with the Texas Constitution” to argue that leaving the state to halt legislative action qualifies as abandoning an office.

Associated Press News on MSN · 16h

Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the “ringleader” of Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional voting map pushed by President Donald Trump.

The Hill on MSN · 14h

Abbott sues to remove Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu from seat

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has sued to remove Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu from his seat amid a battle between Texas Democrats and Republicans over redistricting. “What is at stake here?

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Disaster relief bills get hearing in Texas House but will stall if shutdown continues

No votes have been taken since at least 51 House Democrats left the state Sunday to block a key redistricting vote by keeping ...

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How Texas' proposed map would affect the battle for the House: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s ...

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Texas House Democrats evacuated from hotel in Illinois after bomb threat

Texas Democrats are in Illinois to block a vote on a new congressional map that aims to shore up Republicans power in ...

Beto O'Rourke's group helping front costs of bolting Texas House Democrats

Powered by People, a voter registration and mobilization group, has been donating to the Texas House Democratic Caucus -- not ...

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Texas House speaker ‘confident’ that redistricting bill will be passed in a 'timely manner'

Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses the state of the redistricting bill that would add five more ...

Trump administration live updates: House members face rowdy town halls; Texas GOP backs arrests of absent Democrats

Trump administration live updates: House members face rowdy town halls; Texas GOP back arrests of absent Democrats Attorney ...

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