Trump's Texas fight is aimed at giving the GOP an advantage in 2026 and a lame-duck president more power while in office. Democrats have other plans.

Democrats decried the unusual mid-decade redistricting scheme as "blatant gerrymandering" to increase GOP congressional seats in the midterms.

Gov. Kathy Hochul ripped Republicans for approving redrawn congressional maps in Texas that would give the GOP a bigger edge in 2026, saying it was “the last gasp of a desperate party clinging to ...