“What we all recognize is we can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen and stand by,” Obama said.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott called a second special legislative session on Friday, hiking pressure on Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political maps at the...

Former President Barack Obama praised Texas Democrats who left their state to block the passage of a GOP-led redistricting proposal.

Texas Republicans ended a legislative session without approving new congressional maps but, still plan to satisfy President Donald Trump’s wishes for redistricting that bolsters their party.

“This is about more than drawing lines on a map. It’s about drawing a line in the sand to stop Texas and Trump from rigging the election,” state Senate Democratic leader Mike McGuire said in a statem...