While Gov. Greg Abbott blasted through a Democratic blockade and advanced a new congressional map, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is eying a new map in his state.

Republicans in Texas, encouraged by President Donald Trump, catalyzed a nationwide redistricting battle with their effort to strengthen GOP control ahead of next year's elections. Texas is poised to approve a new congressional map on Wednesday that could deliver five additional seats to the GOP in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP could win.

Maps intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections cleared a key procedural vote in the State Legislature. California will counter on Thursday.

A congressional redistricting nuclear arms race is upon us, and when it’s over we could be living in a cold, hyper-partisan nuclear winter. But there’s a way to end the arms race: eliminate the arms — in this case the congressional districts that have grown so hilariously gerrymandered that they can’t be anything but unrepresentative.

California voters backed independent redistricting for congressional seats and giving it up to counter President Trump creates a moral conflict even for Democrats.

California Governor Gavin Newsom's redistricting ballot measure has support from a majority of the state's voters, according to a new poll.Newsweek reached out to Newsom and the California GOP for comment via email.

The redistricting fight returned to the Texas House. Lawmakers wasted no time pressing each other on the details.