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This summer, Texas House Democrats made national news when they fled the state to block a vote on a Republican-backed congressional redistricting map that could give the GOP five additional U.S. House seats. Their departure effectively broke quorum, halting legislative action. Now, a high-stakes legal battle has reached the Texas Supreme Court, with Republican leaders [...]

Several House Republicans joined Democrats in voting down a measure to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver after being charged by the Justice Department for her role in a chaotic May altercation outside an immigration detention center. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) had pushed for the reprimand, which also sought to strip McIver of her seat on the [...]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized the temporary deployment of up to 600 military lawyers to assist the Department of Justice by serving as immigration judges. According to an August 27 memo obtained by the Associated Press, the plan involves sending groups of 150 attorneys at a time, both military and civilian, with the first [...]