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Limited options for Democrats to retaliate if Texas Republicans redraw congressional map
Some Republican-controlled states are moving to redraw legislative maps to pad their party's narrow House majority in ...
Democrats have long outpaced Republicans in deaths in office
Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston who had joined the House at the age of 70. He died two months into his freshman ...
The top five House Republicans and Democrats who requested the most fiscal 2026 earmark dollars
House lawmakers have requested billions of dollars for special community funding projects, or earmarks, whose approval hinges ...
Democrats cry foul as Republicans push to redraw Texas electoral maps to gain US House seats
Democratic lawmakers are trying to build a case that Republicans in Texas have engineered a rushed and unfair process for ...
Republicans reject Democrats’ amendment to block Trump from taking Qatari jet after presidency
Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday rejected what they described as a “poison pill” amendment that ...
New polling suggests Democrats are struggling, but they still lead Republicans
Are Democrats popular? No. Looking ahead to next year’s midterm elections, do they lead Republicans anyway? Yes.
Republicans, Democrats are held captive by extremes. Americans need a new party. | Opinion
USA TODAY readers have spoken – and they want a third party in US politics. But is Elon Musk the one to lead it?
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Most Americans say Republican and Democratic voters cannot agree on basic facts
Eight-in-ten U.S. adults say Republican and Democratic voters not only disagree on plans and policies, but also cannot agree ...
Opinion | Texas Republicans are using an old playbook to try to erase Democratic influence
President Trump asked the Texas GOP to find five more congressional seats. Republicans proposed a redistricting map that ...
Texas redistricting: Latino voters could be key in Republican effort to pick up seats
But that outcome could hinge on Latino voters, and whether Trump's reshaping of the Hispanic electorate in 2024 carries into ...