Watch live coverage as Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs the state Senate approved measure marking a major step in a mid-decade redistricting effort backed by President Trump, who urged Texas lawmakers to secure more Republican seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Trump initially led the calls for Texas to redraw its congressional map, saying his party is “entitled to” five more congressional seats from the state. That’s what the maps intend to do: By redrawing congressional district boundaries in key ...

The Texas Senate approved a new state congressional map backed by Donald Trump, a plan seen boosting Republicans’ chances of keeping control of the US House in the 2026 midterm elections https://t.co/7QOLorTdDA ...

Breaking news out of Texas. House Republicans just passed their severely gerrymandered congressional map at the request of Donald Trump. The vote was 88 to 52.All 88 yes votes came from Republicans. All 52 no votes from Democrats. The map creates five new GOP leaning districts before next year's crucial midterm elections.Let's be clear. This is a ploy to retain power. ...

The 2026 midterms can't come soon enough for Democrats looking to get back some power in Washington. And the historical odds look to be in their favor. The last three times a new president took over the party took over the party out of power flipped the House control in the subsequent midterm elections.But Democrats are going to have to overcome some major headwinds as their party's brand struggles with voters. Joining me now at the big board is my NBC News colleague Steve Cornaki. Steve, I'd say there's so ...

Republican Senator John Cornin of Texas says the FBI has approved his request for federal law enforcement to help locate Texas Democratic senators that left the state to block GOP redistricting efforts. An administration official told NBC News earlier this week that there were no plans to use federal agents to arrest lawmakers that had left Texas. The official said Governor Greg Abbott quote can handle his own state.A federal law enforcement official familiar with the situation told NBC News that as of yest ...

As we mentioned, the fight in Texas is brewing over the new congressional map proposed by Republicans that they hope will help them gain up to five seats in the House in the 2026 midterms. Well, joining me now from the big board is NBC News national political correspondent Steve Cornaki. Steve, so good to have you here.How might the proposed redistricting map in Texas affect the balance of power in the House. >> Yeah, well, you mentioned those five seats that Republicans are aiming for here. Look, the propo ...

Joining me now, we have Megan Hayes, former special assistant to President Biden and former director of message planning for the Biden administration. So, Democrats have high hopes for the midterm elections, especially with what they see as ammunition from this big policy bill. Senator Chuck Schumer are saying that it boosted Democrats chances of taking back the Senate.So, what is the message they need to focus on. And how should they go about countering Republican push back. I think they've been doing a re ...

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Exclusive: An organization tied to House Republican leadership is spending big to fix a nagging GOP problem: Many of President Trump’s voters don’t show up for midterm elections, when he isn’t on the ballot https://t.co/FvHf4WyVHv ...