Members of the Texas House of Representatives will attempt once again to meet a quorum Monday, more than a week into a standoff after Democrats left the state to block a GOP-led redistricting effort.

Texas Democratic lawmakers remain outside of the state in an attempt to deny their GOP colleagues the quorum to vote on an aggressive redistricting play.

Republicans have a slim majority in the House of Representatives. Texas GOP lawmakers are seeking to preserve that edge over Democrats in the 2026 election.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom demanded that President Donald Trump call off the GOP-led effort to redraw Texas’ and other

With Monday's AP Poll Top 25 release -- the first ahead of the 2025 season -- Texas made more history ahead of a highly anticipated campaign. The Longhorns came in at No. 1, earning 25 of the 64 first-place votes,

For the first time, Texas will open a college football season ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25. The Longhorns hardly have a mandate in the poll released Monday: They edged out Penn State by just five points in the closest preseason vote since 1998.

The Longhorns received 25 first-place votes and 1,552 points in the rankings released Monday to edge past No. 2 Penn State in the closest preseason vote since 1998. The Nittany Lions have their best preseason ranking since they started No. 1 in 1997. Penn State received 23 first-place votes and 1,547 points.

Democratic Texas state representatives are facing threats of arrest and potentially ousting from office by Texas Republican leadership as their fight against redistricting stretches on. Texas State Representative Christian Manuel (D) joins Alex Witt to discuss what is at stake and how long Democrats are willing to stay out of state.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) threatened state Democrats who are avoiding the state to postpone a gerrymandering vote with civil arrest. Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX), whose district is being targeted in the Republican effort to redraw the state map,

Gov. Greg Abbott said that if the lawmakers return, "they will be arrested and taken to the Capitol." Democratic lawmakers on Sunday defended their colleagues' efforts in Texas to counter a GOP-led redistricting push,

The Texas redistricting battle is intensifying as House Democrats flee the state to block a Republican-drawn map that could flip five congressional seats. The Texas House once again failed to reach quorum on Friday,

A judge temporarily barred O'Rourke's political group from helping to fund Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state.

Texas Republicans are doing all they can to increase the pressure on Democratic legislators who left the state to stop the redistricting scheme. In one recent lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused former Rep.