From urban cores to rural regions, Texans' needs differ. Experts say districts encompassing geographically distant communities will dilute their voices.

WASHINGTON – By allowing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional map, the Supreme Court has kickstarted a nationwide partisan arms race over who holds a critical level of power in ...

State Sen. Pete Flores, R-Pleasanton, looks over a redrawn U.S. congressional map during debate over a bill in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. Eric Gay / AP ...

Make no mistake, the new map of Texas congressional districts is intended to place bricks in a red wall designed to withstand ...

It would "suppress the votes of Black and brown Austinites," one Democrat said. As Texas Republicans try to muscle a rare mid-decade redistricting bill through the Legislature to help Republicans gain ...

On Wednesday, the legal fight over the newly approved congressional maps in Texas will shift from the Capitol to a federal courtroom in El Paso. That's when federal judges will consider a lawsuit by a ...

Republicans and Democrats clash over congressional maps in battleground states. As Texas Republicans prepare to approve and adopt new congressional maps at the urging of President Donald Trump, and ...

Texas Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, right, huddles with other democrat senators and staff members to fight against a bill on a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate ...

Caroline Linton is an associate managing editor on the political team for CBSNews.com. She has previously written for The Daily Beast, Newsweek and amNewYork. North Carolina is the latest state to ...