Source: International Business Times
California's legislature was expected to take up a trio of bills to counter the Republican redistricting push in Texas AFP Republican-controlled Texas and Democratic-run California were set Thursday to forge ahead on creating new congressional maps, in a cutthroat struggle to tilt the outcome of next year's US midterm elections before voters even cast a ballot. The fierce battle between the country's two largest states has been set off by President Donald Trump's drive to protect the thin Republican majority in the US House of Representatives and avoid becoming mired in Democratic investigations from 2027. Under pressure from Trump, Texas fired the starting gun in a tussle that pro-democracy activists warn could spread nationwide.
