Donald Trump wants to pick up five House seats in Texas with redistricting to save Republicans from losing Congressional control.

Some Democrats are calling on California to redraw its districts as Donald Trump presses for further gerrymandering in Texas.

A special session of the Texas Legislature will address the deadly floods in Hill Country, but the fireworks will come from President Trump’s demand for a newly gerrymandered House map.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened to arrest state Democrats who obstruct plans to draw new congressional maps, raising the stakes for a controversial effort backed by President Donald Trump as a way of protecting the slim Republican majority in the US House of Representatives.

Newsom’s Threat to Match Trump’s Texas Power Grab Is Risky Business California’s governor keeps talking about creating new House seats in response to a Texas gerrymander. But the gambit could backfire on Democrats.

Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told Texas Democrats on a call on Tuesday that the moment required everyone to take extraordinary actions.

Redistricting is one of 18 items on the agenda during the Texas legislative special session that begins July 21.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday confirmed he's seriously considering two options to try to redraw California's congressional districts to get more Democrats elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.