Texas GOP Pushes Controversial Redistricting While Floods Devastate Communities

In a move that exposes the true priorities of Texas' Republican leadership, GOP lawmakers have launched an aggressive, politically motivated effort to redraw U.S. House districts during a special summer session — even as catastrophic floods ravage communities and cost at least 135 lives. While families struggle to recover from natural disaster, Republican Governor Greg Abbott has pushed the state legislature to focus on crafting up to five new congressional districts engineered to protect the party's slim majority in Washington. This blatant gambit places partisan power over the urgent needs of Texans, revealing the persistent willingness of establishment politicians to...