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FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois after the lawmakers fled in redistricting battle, US Senator says
The decision by FBI Director Kash Patel represents the latest escalation between Republicans and Democrats after Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum on the remap vote.
After Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker vows to protect Texas House Democrats in Colbert interview, bomb threat received at hotel
Gov. JB Pritzker vowed on late-night television to protect Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois to try and stop the ...
Cornyn says FBI will help locate absent Texas Democrats, but scope of feds’ role unclear
The Republican senator previously asked FBI Director Kash Patel for the agency’s help in tracking down the House lawmakers.
Texas Dem lawmakers get security briefing on bomb threat in Illinois
Texas Democratic lawmakers just received a security briefing about a bomb threat in Illinois, one of the states they traveled ...
College football's 10 easiest schedules in 2025: Texas Tech, Illinois playoff roads clear of major obstacles
College football schedule metrics vastly differ this time of year with most relying on perception, last season's results or ...
Pritzker says Illinois remap is possible as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts 'tooth and nail'
Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican ...
Texas Democrats arrive in Illinois to block vote back home on redrawn House maps sought by Trump
A standoff in Texas over redrawn U.S. House maps sought by President Donald Trump sharply escalated Sunday when dozens of ...
Redistricting battle intensifies as Texas Democrats extend Illinois stay to block vote; GOP issues civil arrest warrants
Democrats are calling the Republican-led mid-decade redistricting plan in Texas "cheating", while Republicans accuse them of ...