The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

Fox News host Jesse Watters said Texas authorities will direct law enforcement to send state lawmakers to prison in El Salvador if they refuse to return to the state to continue with the GOP's redistricting push

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott taunted Democrats as the feud over the state's redistricting push takes national relevance, claiming that their threats to retaliate are not to be taken seriously

Democrats have long warned that partisan gerrymandering threatens American democracy — but now they’re ready to fight fire with fire, Alex Woodward reports

They're not just going to let republicans rig the next election.

Lawmakers leave state to deny Republicans quorum needed to hold votes. Plus, why audio of Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson is being used to scare wolves

Governor files emergency petition with state supreme court to remove representative Gene Wu from office

California Gov. warns Texas Republicans over gerrymandering: ‘Whatever they are doing will be neutered here... and they will pay that price’

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to "locate, arrest and return" Democratic state representatives who left Austin to break quorum and block a mid-cycle congressional map that could hand Republicans five more U.S. House seats in 2026.

Governor Greg Abbott orders arrest of Democratic legislators who fled state; ex-leaders of statistics bureau say firing of commissioner ‘undermines credibility’ – key US politics stories from 4 August 2025

Texas Republicans are trying to redraw congressional districts to pick up five additional U.S. House seats. Democrats face financial and political risk in their bid to block the GOP plan.

Democrats fled the state to stop Republicans’ attempt to redraw congressional districts, but bills aimed at everything from a THC product ban to bolstering flood response are now in doubt.