Trump Action Archive

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• Texas Governor Abbott signs new redistricting bill favoring Republicans — Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law on Friday a new redistricting bill designed to create five additional Republican House seats, as declared by President Trump. The new map faces multiple lawsuits, including one alleging racial discrimination in the drawn districts. The action is part of a broader national arms race in mid-decade redistricting aimed at locking in partisan advantage ahead of the 2026 midterms.
• Texas governor signs redistricting bill favoring Republicans, reducing Democratic House seats — Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a redistricting bill on Friday that redraws the state's congressional map to heavily favor Republicans, creating as many as five additional Republican districts. The Texas House approved the map 88-52 on party lines, and the state Senate approved it early Saturday. The new map will reduce Democratic-majority districts in Houston, Austin, and Dallas-Fort Worth, shifting Republican-favored districts from 25 of 38 to 30 of 38. The bill followed Trump's request for new maps and prompted weeks-long Democratic walkouts.

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• Louisiana asks Supreme Court to overturn Voting Rights Act provision — Louisiana asked the Supreme Court to overturn a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and prohibit the use of race in redistricting.

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• League of United Latin American Citizens files suit against Texas redistricting — The League of United Latin American Citizens, representing 13 Texas voters, filed suit challenging the redrawn congressional maps within hours of the redistricting bill's passage. The filing alleges the map "eviscerates minorities' opportunity to elect their candidates of choice in four key areas of the state." This represents a second major legal challenge to the redistricting effort alongside the NAACP lawsuit.
• NAACP files lawsuit challenging Texas congressional redistricting as racial gerrymander — The NAACP, joined by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Secretary of State Jane Nelson, challenging redrawn congressional maps as a racial gerrymander that strips Black voters of political power. The lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction and argues the maps violate the U.S. Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Texas Republicans passed the redistricting on Saturday, expected to increase Republican representation by five seats, while the state's population is 40% white but white voters control over 73% of congressional seats.

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• Texas legislature approves partisan redistricting plan to secure Republican House seats — On August 23, 2025, the Texas legislature approved a partisan redistricting plan that would secure up to five additional U.S. House seats for Republicans, engineered at Trump's behest. The plan directly prompted California Governor Newsom's counter-redistricting initiative and represents a coordinated federal-state effort to manipulate congressional representation for partisan advantage.
• Texas Senate approves redrawn congressional map heavily favoring Republicans — The Texas Senate gave final approval to a redrawn congressional map that would shift Republican advantage from 25 of 38 districts to 30 of 38, eliminating Democratic-held districts in Austin, Houston, and Dallas-Fort Worth. The map was approved on a party-line vote after Democrats attempted a filibuster that Republicans blocked procedurally. Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, is expected to sign it into law. Democrats have vowed to challenge it in court, alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act by diluting voters' influence based on race.