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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to President Donald Trump's address during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump, Abbott bring autocracy to Texas

Chauncey DeVega
Steve Bannon, former advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 11, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The GOP plot to rig a House majority

Russell Payne
The Texas State Capitol is seen during a Texas Senate flooding committee hearing at the State Capitol. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas court could remove nuclear option

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune
Rep. Mary Gonzalez, D-Clint, Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, and Rep King King, R-Canadian, stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images))

Texas Dems’ "complicated" long game

Russell Payne
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Shirley Connuck, right, holds up a sign representing a district in Texas, as the Supreme Court hears a case on partisan gerrymandering by state legislatures on October 3, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/Getty Images)

GOP's Texas power grab could backfire

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
President Donald Trump boarding Air Force One (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

America is in our rearview mirror

Brian Karem
A person, who declined to be named, views a U.S. Congressional District map as the Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting meets to hear invited testimony on Congressional plan C2308 at the Texas State Capitol on August 6, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Redistricting war puts critics in a bind

Russell Payne
Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP "weaponizing" FBI against Texas Dems

Blaise Malley
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Trump isn't "entitled" to House seats

Austin Sarat
Texas Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (C) and Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu (R) listen as Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks to reporters during a press conference at the DuPage County Democratic Party headquarters on August 03, 2025 in Carol Stream, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Texas Dems to DC: "Do something"

Russell Payne
Sen. John Cornyn (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Cornyn to FBI: Help return Texas Dems

Alex Galbraith
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak to the media outside the Capitol on April 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

A "blue wave" is no sure thing

Russell Payne
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Service at Lakewood Church in Houston, where Pastor Joel Osteen preaches to some 25,000 people each week. (Timothy Fadek/Corbis via Getty Images)

Texas pastors have more power than ever

Marissa Greene - ProPublica
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, joins DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta (D-PA) and hosts Clay Cane and Reecie Colbert for a SiriusXM Town Hall on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Crockett calls Trump a "POS"

Garrett Owen
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference on January 31, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Abbott orders arrest of absent Dems

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott participate in a round table event on July 11, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Texas Dems to Abbott: "Come and take it"

Garrett Owen
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When fast food runs to red states

Ashlie D. Stevens
Elected officials gather on stage in Houston, Texas, for a rally against a GOP gerrymandering plan. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Desperate Dems consider a new old weapon

Heather Digby Parton
U.S. Rep. Jolanda Jones (D-TX) looks at a map during the Texas State Representatives redistricting committee meeting on August 01, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The House Select committee on Congressional Redistricting holds its first hearing since Texas Republicans redrew their congressional map. The redrawn congressional maps came on the heels of a push from President Donald Trump ahead of next year’s midterms. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas map makes primaries awkward

Gabby Birenbaum - The Texas Tribune
Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference on July 08, 2025. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas GOP unveils new congressional map

Eleanor Klibanoff, Gabby Birenbaum - The Texas Tribune
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott and former President Donald J. Trump attend a security briefing with state officials and law enforcement at the Weslaco Department of Public Safety DPS Headquarters before touring the US-Mexico border wall on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 in Weslaco, TX. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump pushed Texas toward redistricting

Owen Dahlkamp - The Texas Tribune
Debris lays along the Guadalupe River after it was swept up in the flash flooding on July 8, 2025 in Ingram, Texas. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Texas lawmakers ignored flood plan recs

Lexi Churchill, Lomi Kriel - The Texas Tribune
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to President Donald Trump's address during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Can Texas GOP steal the midterms now?

David Daley
A Texas flag hangs from a storm-damaged tree on the banks of the Guadalupe River on July 13, 2025 in Center Point, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texans have long known flood risks

Logan Jaffe - ProPublica
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