After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to prevent further delays to their plan to redraw congressional voting districts to favor Republicans ahead of the election.

The imposition of police surveillance by Republican state House leaders on their Democratic colleagues marked the latest front in Texas’ redistricting battle.

The "Fight the Trump Takeover" rallies will take place this weekend. In Austin, the protest will take place at the Texas State Capitol from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will be attended by Austin Reps. Greg Casar and Lloyd Doggett, Beto O'Rourke and renowned civil rights and labor leader Dolores Huerta ., according to the official event page.

The Texas July 4 attack at an immigration center in Alvarado adds to what some experts and law enforcement officials describe as a growing wave of politically motivated violence from individuals

A roll call shortly after 3 p.m. revealed that there were only 90 state representatives on the House floor - 10 short of the number legally required to