Republicans in Texas yesterday released the first draft of a new congressional map aimed at picking up five seats in next year's midterms. Texas Governor Greg Abbott added redistricting to the special session agenda at the urging of President Trump and his political team. Republicans currently control 25 of the 38 congressional districts in Texas.Under the new maps, the President Trump would have carried 30 of 38 seats, all by more than 10 points. House Minority Leader Hakee Jeff is in Texas meeting with De ...

And Senator Padilla joins us now. He's a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. >> Senator, thanks for joining us.We know the Office of Special Counsel this White House submitted a new name to lead up that office, a Trump loyalist, some may say stick. Do you really believe that the office of special counsel under this administration would do an investigation into this. Look, I know there's questions and whether they may or may not actually do the job of investigating, which by the way, they have confirme ...

Elon on his end is not letting up. Does he have at this point in time the ability to change any votes on the capital. You know, I I really don't think he does.Uh, you know, I I think Elon thinks that that money and tweets are the most powerful form of political currency. Uh but anyone with any level of sophistication in US politics knows that at least when it comes to Republican politics, it's Trump's endorsement that matters. That's 98% of the ball game.Elon's money might be the other 2%. But as far as Elo ...