Rewrite history, restrict the vote, silence dissent, consolidate power. It is the playbook of strongmen the world over.

Follow here for the latest updates as the Texas House debates President Donald Trump's plan to gerrymander five new GOP ...

House Bill 4, the redistricting legislation, is the only item on the lawmakers' agenda when they reconvene on Wednesday.

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave ...

In sports, the winning team doesn’t get to rewrite the rules to guarantee it’ll never lose again. In a democracy, the same ...

The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new ...

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP ...

The Texas House of Representatives will gavel back into session at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the controversial proposal ...

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier refused to come to the Texas state Capitol for two weeks. Now she won’t leave, and fellow Democrats are joining her protest.

Several Texas Democrats joined state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) on Tuesday to protest new guidelines preventing party members ...

On Wednesday, the Texas House will finally debate a new map for the state's congressional districts that could give ...