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More Texas Democrats Spent The Night At The State Capitol

More Texas Democrats Spent The Night At The State Capitol In Protest

More Texas House Democrats spent the night at the state Capitol in Austin in support of Rep. Nicole Collier, who wasn’t allowed to leave the building after she refused to consent to a police escort.

Reuters on MSN · 2h

Texas lawmaker prepares for second night of redistricting protest in state Capitol

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier hunkered down for a second night in the Texas Capitol building rather than accept a mandatory police escort in a redistricting battle as President Donald Trump seeks to keep Republican control of Congress.

CBC.ca · 3h

Texas lawmaker to spend 2nd night in Capitol to protest police escort in redistricting battle

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier is poised to spend her second night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police monitor that is part of a contentious partisan struggle over redrawing voting districts to keep the national House of Representatives in Republican hands.

Texas Democrats return to Austin

CNN on MSN · 2h

Texas GOP nears vote on new maps as Democrats stage protest in state House

Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House speaker’s order that members who fled the state weeks earlier be placed under law enforcement watch.

The Washington Post · 1d

Democrats return to Texas, clearing way for GOP to draw new map

Texas Democratic lawmakers left two weeks ago to block a GOP plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts. They said they were returning now that California Democrats are adopting a counterproposal.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 1d

Photos: Texas Democrats return to Austin as redistricting standoff ends

Texas Democrats leave the Austin airport on a charter bus to return to the Texas Capitol on August 18, 2025 upon their return to the state following a two-week quorum break. Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune Houston Rep.

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Parts of Texas Capitol evacuated after social media threat amid redistricting protests

Parts of the Texas Capitol grounds were evacuated and closed to visitors on Tuesday evening after reports of an active shooter threat.The building itself was s ...

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First domino in national redistricting fight likely to fall; Texas GOP poised to vote

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

Texas State Capitol grounds closed after threat posted ahead of protest

Protesters were evacuated from the Texas Capitol grounds Tuesday evening after the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) ...

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Opening of new migrant detention center in Texas met with protests

Texas' Camp East Montana, the latest and largest of the migrant detention centers being opened across the country, is being ...

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Texas Democrats who fled state in protest of gerrymandering return home, restoring quorum

More than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state two weeks ago in protest of their Republican colleagues’ ...

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Rep. Nicole Collier refused GOP ‘permission slip’ rule, was locked in the Texas chamber — and slept in her bonnet overnight to protest

The detainment of State Rep. Nicole Collier has drawn outrage and imagery of Black women’s suffrage in America. Texas State ...

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Vidor meeting by True Texas Project sparks protest over Islamic community plans

A meeting held by the True Texas Project at the Holiday Inn in Vidor sparked a counter-protest on Tuesday night. The group ...

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco on MSN3d

Hundreds gather at Lake Merritt to protest Texas congressional gerrymandering

Hundreds of Bay Area residents gathered in Oakland on Saturday to push back against President Trump's attempt to gerrymander ...

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