Texas House Democrats who fled the state to stall a Republican redistricting plan have signaled they’re ready to return to the Lone Star State in the coming days. The Texas state legislature wrapped up its first special session on Friday,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a display of cutthroat yet calculated politics, Democrats unveiled a proposal Friday that could give California’s dominant political party an additional five U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year.

The plan would help Democrats flip five seats, offsetting the gains Republicans hope to make by redrawing maps in Texas.

The absence of the Democratic lawmakers meant the House did not have a quorum, or the two-thirds majority needed to hold a debate on a bill to redraw the state's congressional districts that could add five seats favoring Republicans. That prompted a Republican-backed motion for their civil arrests to force them to return.

CHICAGO (AP) — Texas Democrats on Thursday moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election and put them under escalating threats by Republicans back home.