The Texas House of Representatives gave final passage on Wednesday to House Bill 4, a controversial Republican-backed proposal to redraw the state's congressional maps and potentially add up to five new GOP-leaning districts.

California Democrats are making moves to put a ballot measure pushing pro-Democratic maps before voters this fall. Other Republican-controlled states are looking at redraws, too.

Across the U.S., communities are grappling with the fallout of the GOP’s sprawling domestic policy law — including in Republican districts.

TEXAS REDISTRICTING: Texas legislators are scheduled to vote on the GOP’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional map after Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin. Democrats had fled the state for two weeks to block a vote on the map, and several spent last night on the statehouse floor in a protest.

The state House has reconvened on Wednesday as GOP lawmakers in the Lone Star State look to push ahead with a newly redrawn congressional map designed for Republicans to pick up five U.S. House seats ahead of the 2026 midterms. The plan, known as House Bill 4, could come to a vote on Wednesday in the House and as early as Thursday in the Senate.

Vice President JD Vance will tout the administration’s signature tax-and-spending law and attack Jon Ossoff, the vulnerable Senate Democrat who opposed it.

Curtis Sliwa faces uphill battle against democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race, with polls showing Mamdani holding double-digit lead over competitors.

Former President Barack Obama has waded into states’ efforts at rare mid-decade redistricting efforts, saying he agrees with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to alter his state’s congressional maps, in the way of Texas redistricting efforts promoted by President Donald Trump aimed at shoring up Republicans’ position in next year’s elections.