Texas Democratic lawmakers waved the white flag and are planning to head home after trying -- and failing -- to stop Texas Republicans from carrying out President Trump's plan to redraw their state's congressional maps.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced voters in California will have a chance in a special election this fall to greenlight partisan redistricting in response to President Trump's push to rearrange the congressional maps in Texas.

President Trump said declassified documents show "absolute proof of guilt" that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former FBI Director James B. Comey conspired to sabotage his 2016 campaign.

The Metropolitan Police Department will now be allowed to report illegal immigrants they encounter to federal deportation authorities under a new order issued Thursday by Chief Pamela A. Smith that breaks with the District's longstanding status as a migrant sanctuary.