Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke cannot financially support Texas Democrats who left the state to delay passage of a new congressional map, a Tarrant County judge ruled Friday evening.

On Friday afternoon, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit that asks the Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 House ...

As Texas House Democrats hunker down in Illinois to try to stop a Republican-led redistricting plan in their state, national ...

Newsom has floated a redistricting effort in California as Texas Republicans seek to move forward with their redistricting ...

Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the ...

WGN Political Analyst Paul Lisnek joined WGN Evening News to discuss several big political stories from the week. This week's topics include US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visiting ...

At a news conference in west suburban Lombard, Noem highlighted four individuals arrested in Illinois and deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement while arguing Illinois has given safe harbor ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have appeared shoulder-to-shoulder with Texas Democratic lawmakers in a show of support for their nearly weeklong walkout ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton accused Beto O'Rourke's Powered by People of deceptive fundraising. O'Rourke vowed to keep fighting and ...

Reversing course, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits in courts in Illinois and Texas in response to House ...

Texas Democrats faced a deadline of Friday at 2 p.m. ET to return to special session, but remained in place after Paxton said ...

Texas’ Republican attorney general and a GOP Illinois state senator filed a petition in more conservative Adams County rather ...