The congressional district covering most of Laredo has been redrawn for the 2026 elections under a Republican-backed plan signed into law last month. Barring court intervention, the new boundaries ...

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In a major win for Republicans and President Trump, the Supreme Court restored Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map Thursday, allowing the state’s controversial redistricting plan to be implemented ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday restored for now Texas' newly redrawn congressional map that could give Republicans five additional House seats, after a lower court found that some of the ...

EL PASO ― A lawyer for U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday said Adam Kincaid — the architect of a Texas redistricting plan designed to net Republicans five seats in Congress — knew the map he ...

Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, has signed a new congressional map into law, securing an additional five Republican-leaning U.S. House districts ahead of competitive midterm elections expected in 2026.

Washington — A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using its newly redrawn congressional map in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, a setback for Republicans as they work to maintain their ...

The Supreme Court signaled that Texas is likely to prevail in defending its new congressional map, faulting a lower court for misreading evidence and ignoring required legal inferences as the state ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a boost to President Donald Trump by allowing Texas to use a new congressional district map in next year’s midterm elections that was drawn to maximize ...