A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders imposed on lawmakers who participated in a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade ...

The standoff began on Monday, when Democratic members returned to the Capitol after being out of the state for more than two ...

The Capitol grounds were cleared after 7 p.m. as a demonstration against a GOP redistricting plan was about to begin. Texas ...

The awkward moment happened just hours before the redistricting plan passed the Texas State House and was praised by Donald Trump.

With the GOP-driven redrawing of congressional boundaries about to become law, Texas Democrats move to the next stage of ...

Fort Worth, says she was threatened with a felony charge and forced to leave a Democratic National Committee press call W ...

The vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.

Former President Barack Obama waded in to support California Democrats tit-for-tat efforts to more extremely gerrymander the ...

Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.

Abbott's push for the new legislation comes just weeks after Texas Democrats left the state for Chicago, Boston, and Albany, ...

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

After House Democrats absconded for more than two weeks in opposition to a Congressional redistricting bill, the Texas House ...