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Texas GOP AG says prosecuting Democrats who fled state will be a ‘challenge’

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he wants to oust and replace Democratic lawmakers who fled the state in an attempt to prevent Republican redistricting efforts and charge them with felonies. But that might be a challenge and take some time, the ...
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Texas governor vows to replace Democrats absent at Monday redistricting vote

(Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to replace Democratic lawmakers who left the state over the weekend unless they return by Monday afternoon to vote on a Republican plan to redraw its congressional districts. The more than 50 Democratic members of the Texas legislature ...
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Showdown in Texas as Abbott threatens Democrats who fled in protest of redistricting

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- A showdown is unfolding in Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Democrats who have fled the state in protest of Republican-led effort to create a new congressional map.Abbott said Texas House Democrats have until 3 p.m. local time on Monday to ...
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US links $1.9 billion in state disaster funds to Israel boycott stance

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration said states and cities will not receive funding to prepare for natural disasters if they choose to boycott Israeli companies, according to an agency statement. States must certify that they will not cut off “commercial relations specifically ...
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Trump Media CEO Nunes loses defamation lawsuit over Rachel Maddow show

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit by Devin Nunes, the former California congressman and now chief executive of Trump Media and Technology Group, against NBCUniversal over a comment by Rachel Maddow about his dealings with a suspected Russian ...
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US Rep Nancy Mace joins race for South Carolina governor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Nancy Mace said on Monday she was joining the 2026 Republican race to become South Carolina governor, announcing her candidacy in a video that portrays her as a “firebrand” who has been praised by President Donald Trump. Mace criticized Trump for ...
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Democratic governors may offer a path forward for a party out of power in Washington

ATLANTA (AP) — Anderson Clayton wanted a headline name to speak at North Carolina Democrats’ summer gala — but the state party chair bypassed familiar Capitol Hill figures, looking instead to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. She described him as “a real fighter” against President ...
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Texas Republicans say ‘hunt down’ Democrats who are leaving state over redistricting

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative session in which Republican state legislators are aiming to pass a new congressional map that could create up to five new ...
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Former football coach Derek Dooley entering Georgia Senate race

(NEW YORK) -- Derek Dooley, a former University of Tennessee football coach, is launching a bid Monday for the Senate in Georgia, entering a shifting political landscape as candidates vie for coveted endorsements and the chance to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.Dooley is leaning ...
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Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left state over Trump-backed redistricting

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don’t return after dozens of them left the state in a last-resort attempt to block redrawn U.S. House maps that President Donald Trump wants before ...
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Texas Democrats leave the state to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump

Texas Democrats left the state Sunday in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will net them several additional U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm elections. The dramatic move could expose Democrats ...
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Trump says there could be distribution of money from tariff revenues

(Refiles to correct key words for media clients) (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said some Americans could get some kind of dividend or distribution of money as a result of tariffs being imposed on U.S. trading partners.  “There could be a distribution or ...
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