Obama backs Newsom's redistricting plan in California

in Texas because the Texas House yesterday passed a new congressional map that could give Republicans five more seats after next year's midterm elections. The vote passed, of course, along party lines after more than eight hours of debate. It ends a bitter redistricting fight in the House that included Democrats leaving Texas for two weeks.Republicans currently control now 25 of the 38 congressional districts there. Under the new map, President Trump would have carried 30 of 38 seats, all by more than 10 po ...