Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the country to block new U.S. House maps pushed for by President Donald

Texas Democrats geared up for another day of defiance against Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP as they try to move forward with their controversial redistricting.

The chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus remained defiant Thursday in the face of one US senator’s bid to enlist the FBI’s help in returning him and his state House colleagues to the state.

CNN’s Victor Blackwell speaks with Texas Democratic State Rep. Vince Perez, who has left Texas for Illinois, about state House Speaker Dustin Burrows signing civil arrest warrants for the absent Democrats.

House Democrats are probing the FBI's efforts to help locate a group of Democratic state legislators from Texas who fled the state in a bid to stop Republicans from redrawing Texas' congressional maps.

The ranking Democratic members of two key House committees have written a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to express “great concern about the abuse of federal public safety resources” in response to reports that the FBI is helping Texas law enforcement track down Democrats who fled Texas to