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5 things to know on Texas’s political showdown

Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday to deny the GOP a legislative quorum as part of an effort to prevent Republicans from redrawing the Lone Star State’s congressional maps. The move deprives the Texas state Legislature of the numbers it needs to function, stalling progress on the maps — but comes with big risks for...

Musk donates $5M to Trump super PAC

Tech billionaire Elon Musk donated $5 million to the main super PAC affiliated with President Trump in late June despite an ongoing public feud, according to recent campaign finance filings.  Musk gave the sum to MAGA Inc. on June 27 — the same day he also donated $5 million each to the Senate Leadership Fund...

Texas Dems ripped for ‘cartoonishly dumb’ strategy to flee to blue state notorious for gerrymandering

Texas Democratic lawmakers arrive in Illinois after fleeing their state to block a Republican redistricting vote that President Trump says could gain the GOP five new House seats

Crockett cheers Texas Dems fleeing to delay congressional maps backed by ‘ridiculous tyrant’ Trump: ‘Deuces!’

Rep. Jasmine Crockett is supporting the Texas Democrats who fled the state to block Republican redistricting plans, calling Trump a 'ridiculous tyrant' in an Instagram video.

Mamdani studies ‘America’s Worst Mayor’ Brandon Johnson to avoid his political pitfalls: report

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani hopes to emulate Boston's Michelle Wu rather than Chicago's struggling Brandon Johnson in his New York mayoral campaign.

Major business group intervenes to blunt Newsom lawsuit attempting to reinstate EV mandates

California faces intervention from trade organizations as it sues over Congressional Review Act blocking state electric vehicle mandates, citing constitutional issues.

FBI office in New Zealand will defend against Chinese influence, Patel says

FBI opens its first new international office in decades in New Zealand to counter Chinese influence and transnational crime in the Indo-Pacific region.

Charlamagne tha God swipes at Trump after president’s criticism

Radio host Charlamagne tha God fired back at President Donald Trump, accusing the president of pushing authoritarian tactics after Trump called the radio host...

Gov. Greg Abbott’s options to force a redistricting vote are more limited than they appear

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had a message Sunday for the dozens of Democratic legislators who fled the state to derail a mega-partisan gerrymander: “This...

Hochul vows to ‘fight fire with fire’ on redistricting while hosting Texas Democrats who fled state

Texas Democrats arrived in New York and Chicago on Monday to prevent a redistricting vote while Gov. Kathy Hochul promises to pursue similar tactics.

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