The Texas House of Representatives gave final passage on Wednesday to House Bill 4, a controversial Republican-backed proposal to redraw the state's congressional maps and potentially add up to five new GOP-leaning districts.

Across the U.S., communities are grappling with the fallout of the GOP’s sprawling domestic policy law — including in Republican districts.

Vice President JD Vance will tout the administration’s signature tax-and-spending law and attack Jon Ossoff, the vulnerable Senate Democrat who opposed it.

The state House has reconvened on Wednesday as GOP lawmakers in the Lone Star State look to push ahead with a newly redrawn congressional map designed for Republicans to pick up five U.S. House seats ahead of the 2026 midterms. The plan, known as House Bill 4, could come to a vote on Wednesday in the House and as early as Thursday in the Senate.

The Bulwark’s Tim Miller declared that congressional Republicans are “carrying the biggest political brunt” of the issue.

The former Fox host complained of “CENSORSHIP” by Fox over her coverage of the 2020 election, according to newly unredacted documents in the Smartmatic defamation case.

Curtis Sliwa faces uphill battle against democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race, with polls showing Mamdani holding double-digit lead over competitors.

Former President Barack Obama has waded into states’ efforts at rare mid-decade redistricting efforts, saying he agrees with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to alter his state’s congressional maps, in the way of Texas redistricting efforts promoted by President Donald Trump aimed at shoring up Republicans’ position in next year’s elections.