Let’s take a tour of the 13th congressional district in Illinois. It starts in East St. Louis and then moves steadily north. By the time it gets to Springfield, home of Abraham Lincoln, about 90 miles ...

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should ...

In a preview clip of Friday's "Ruthless" podcast," Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to create up to eight new seats for his party if Democratic state lawmakers don't return.

Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the FBI has granted his request to assist Texas law enforcement in locating House Democrats who fled the state, setting up a ...

A U.S. senator from Texas said the FBI is now on the lookout for the state's Democratic lawmakers hiding out in Illinois.

I welcome the FBI coming to the state. I hope they take in the State Fair. I hope they go see the beauty of Lake Michigan,” ...

The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas in order to ...

(The Center Square) – As the FBI gets involved in locating Texas Democrats hiding out in states like Illinois, Gov. J.B.

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who left to try to block a vote on ...

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has warned Texas authorities that police cannot come into his state to arrest Texas Democrats who fled the state to stymie a vote on a redrawn redistricting map.

In a high-stakes skirmish over a GOP scheme to squeeze more House seats out of Texas, a buffer against losses in next year’s ...