Dozens of state lawmakers had fled to Illinois, around 1,000 miles away from their home state, on Sunday afternoon in an ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) threatened to remove Texas House Democrats from the Legislature after they left the state Sunday ...

Texas House Democrats spoke during a news conference in Chicago after fleeing the state to avoid voting on a redistricting ...

Gov. Greg Abbott warned Texas House Democrats that they will be expelled from office if they don't return to vote on a ...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don’t ...

Late Sunday night, Governor Greg Abbott released a statement condemning Texas House Democrats for ‘abandoning’ the state to ...

Governor Greg Abbott is telling Texas House Democrats who left the state that if they don’t return to the state and reconvene by 3 p.m. today, he will attempt to remove them from their seat. The move ...

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has long been Republicans’ white whale — finding a way to hang on to his solid-red Maine ...

Texas House Democrats say they traveled to Chicago to avoid further movement in the state's redistricting process.

Texas House Democrats left the state in a bold effort to block a Republican-backed redistricting plan that could eliminate several Democratic U.S. House seats and shift the balance of political power ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to remove from office the Texas House Democrats who fled the state if they don’t show up for work. Many Texas Democrats left on Sunday to keep the state House ...