Tag: Republicans

‘We need help to restart,’ flood victims try to rebuild amid quorum break at Texas Capitol

CENTER POINT, Texas (Nexstar) — Nathan and Audrey Rich, a newly married couple, felt like they had “adulting”…

MAGA Republicans try to run from the racism in their redistricting plan

Republicans are waging a propaganda push to hide the racist impact of their efforts to gerrymander congressional districts…

Indiana GOP lawmakers, politicos, pan prospect of early redistricting

An anti-redistricting rally attracted hundreds to the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle)“Optically…

Taking from the poor to give to the rich is as wrong as it’s always been

The budget reconciliation bill President Donald Trump dramatically signed into law last month will painfully extract $1,200 a…

Teamsters are backing some Republicans in the midterms

It wasn’t just 2024: the Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien is signaling a more permanent realignment by donating…

Texas redistricting fight with Democrats ‘could last years’, threatens Greg Abbott

Texas governor, Greg Abbott, has stepped up his war of words with Democratic lawmakers who have left the…

Republicans reprise anti-transgender ‘Kamala is for they/them’ ads for the midterms

Shortly after former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced his plans to run for Senate, a group backing…

Texas State Rep. Isn’t Backing Down From Fighting ‘Overtly Racist’ Redistricting Map

Texas State Rep. Vince Perez (D-El Paso) said he isn’t backing down from fighting what he calls an…

The gerrymander wars are just beginning

The gerrymander wars are just beginning

Republicans are going outside of Texas to try to redraw more US House seats

National Republicans are ramping up their efforts to squeeze more GOP-friendly congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterm…

Democrats make a Trump-inspired U-turn on redistricting

The last time House Democrats held the majority, they made a sweeping package of good-government reforms — including…

California’s redrawn congressional districts could be bad news for these Republicans

California Democrats and Texas Republicans are in an old-fashioned standoff, threatening to redraw their congressional maps in an…