The Supreme Court has temporarily halted a lower court’s order barring Texas from using its new congressional map for the 2026 elections after the state filed an emergency petition to the high court ...

Voting-rights groups on Monday filed a new challenge to Justice Samuel Alito’s order allowing Texas to use its newly drawn congressional map, telling the U.S. Supreme Court the state’s plan is an ...

Texas redrew its voting map as part of US President Donald Trump’s plan to win extra Republican seats in the 2026 midterm elections. Texas state Representative Marc LaHood looks over a map as ...

A panel of federal judges on Tuesday blocked Texas from using its new congressional map in next year’s midterm elections, saying the new lines were likely unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. The 2-1 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of ...

Washington — A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using its newly redrawn congressional map in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, a setback for Republicans as they work to maintain their ...

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Control of Congress — and the fate of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda — could come down to a single, urgent decision that landed this week at the Supreme Court’s doorstep. A lower court ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on ...

Justice Samuel Alito Jr. granted Texas a temporary pause of a federal court order blocking it from using new congressional districts adopted at the urging of President Donald Trump. U.S. Supreme Court ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race ...