As California moves to retaliate, Republicans will likely benefit overall from the Trump-backed redistricting scramble.

Texas Democrats are preparing their final show of resistance against a mid-decade redraw of the state's congressional map. Democratic state Sen.

Wyatt Langford opened the ninth with a double past shortstop. He scored on Corey Seager’s single to tie the score. Seager, who took second on throw home, scored on Joc Pederson’s double to the gap in right center field.

Some of the bill’s sharpest critics, who refer to the measure as the “snitches get riches bill,” say Republicans’ consecutive attempts to target abortion pills this year does nothing more than continue an attack on reproductive health access for Texans who are already having to travel hundreds of miles for an abortion.

A student at Denton Ryan High School was taken into custody Friday after allegedly stabbing another student in a classroom, according to Denton police and Denton ISD. The suspect, who has not been identified, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and taken to the Denton County Juvenile Detention Center, police said.

Texas lawmakers approved a new congressional map this week at the behest of President Donald Trump, seeking to preserve his Republican Party's slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 2026 midterm elections.

The major parties' redistricting battle escalated this week, with lawmakers in the country's two most populous states each taking a notable step toward a new congressional map.

"Back On My BS" rapper BigXthaPlug was arrested in Dallas County on the same day his new album "I Hope You're Happy" dropped.

Texas and Florida on Friday asked a federal judge to let them join a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, saying that they need to step in to protect their abortion policies after changes to other Republican-led states' abortion laws.

The Texas Senate could vote Friday to approve new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections.

Henry Amoloja has various tools around his barber shop to make a sensory-friendly experience for his clients including quiet clippers, weighted stuffed animals and weighted cape.

Texas and Florida, which have near-total abortion bans, said nationwide access to mifepristone makes it impossible for the states to enforce their abortion laws.