U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries voiced his support for Texas Democrats at the state Capitol Thursday, just one day after Texas Republicans released a proposed congressional redistricting map. Jeffries emphasized the importance of transparency, saying, "First and foremost, we have to make clear to the people of Texas what's taking place." The proposed map, designed by the… Read more »

House Democrats are hammering President Trump and GOP leaders for their effort to redraw the congressional map in Texas, accusing the Republicans of “rigging” the system to keep a grip on power — and purposefully disenfranchising millions of minority voters in the process. “The truth of the matter is: Somebody has to have the courage to say that it’s racism,” Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), a… Read more »

Texas Democrats in Congress vowed Wednesday to fight a Republican redistricting proposal, with several blasting the new map as an illegal effort to muffle the state’s minority voices. “This map is a disaster — crafted to divide neighborhoods and rig the game for Donald Trump,” U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Farmers Branch, said in a statement. “It’s a desperate move from a party losing its… Read more »

The Republican-led Texas Legislature will soon finish taking public testimony on the highly unusual and controversial mid-decade congressional redistricting sought by President Donald Trump. One hearing this weekend occurred in a city that’s been singled out by the president’s Justice Department: Houston. From Austin to Houston to Arlington, the Republican-led Texas House Redistricting… Read more »

Since the Nixon era, Congress has funded free legal aid for those with low incomes.  In 1974, it created a nonprofit, the Legal Services Corporation, to channel federal funding to local legal aid nonprofits. There, attorneys and paralegals help veterans apply for disability, domestic violence survivors secure child custody and renters stave off wrongful evictions. Now, the… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher of Texas is one of several Democrats sounding the alarm about a Trump-fueled plan to redraw the state's congressional maps ahead of the midterms. She joins 'The Weekend: Primetime' to discuss how this is a direct attack on the voting strength of marginalized communities.   View this interview on MSNBC. Read more »

On Monday’s show: Houston-area Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher explains why she’s opposed to the legislature's plan to redraw the state's congressional districts. State lawmakers gathered at the University of Houston on Saturday to hear public testimony on the matter. Listen to this interview in Houston Public Media. Read more »

Responding to Rep. Joaquin Castro and several other congressional Democrats from Texas, the U.S. Department of Commerce said in a letter that it will review whether positional vacancies at the National Weather Service have "impacted the agency's ability to effectively respond to high-impact weather events"—including the recent floods that devastated the Hill Country.   The… Read more »

The reality of today's cosmetics industry is that stuff we slather over our skin or lather into our hair isn't subject to much government oversight. While there are some regulations on labeling and ingredients, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t require that most over-the-counter beauty products be approved before they hit the market. As a result, it’s up to shoppers to figure… Read more »

A Texas lawmaker is among those who sent a letter to the U.S Treasury Secretary urging the department to examine how President Donald Trump’s tariffs disproportionately cost women more than men. U.S. Reps. Lizzie Fletcher, a Houston Democrat, and Brittany Pettersen, of Colorado, sent a letter this past week on behalf of the Democratic Women's Caucus to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent… Read more »