The 2025 U.S.-Africa Energy Forum (USAEF) opened in Houston on Wednesday with a direct message to U.S. investors and policymakers: Africa represents one of the most significant energy investment frontiers of the 21st century – and the United States (U.S.) risks losing ground without immediate, coordinated action. Against a backdrop of… Read more »

At least a dozen members of Congress of both political parties are sponsoring multiple bills that would ban mid-decade congressional redistricting, which Texas Republican state lawmakers are now pushing at the behest of President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott. But the prospects of such legislation passing in the current Republican-led Congress are bleak. The trio of bills would bar… Read more »

As Texas Democrats began their second full day of breaking quorum to prevent the legislature from approving redrawn congressional maps, a group of House Democrats were joined by national and Illinois Democrats, along with their counterparts in the U.S. House at a media conference Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon’s session of the House, 54 Democrats were not present in the chamber,… Read more »

Democratic officials rallied in Chicago on Tuesday behind more than 50 Texas House Democrats who left their state last week to block a GOP-led redistricting plan they say could help Republicans flip up to five congressional seats. Speaking at a press conference on Aug. 5 alongside the Texas delegation, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, and… Read more »

Texas Democrats vowed to continue their fight Tuesday against redistricting efforts backed by Republicans. Lawmakers were joined by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin, just one day before the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Pritzker and other Illinois leaders pledged to back the lawmakers, saying Republicans were following… Read more »

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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 »