Democratic lawmakers maintained their walkout to thwart a Republican gerrymander, prompting Attorney General Ken Paxton to ask the State Supreme Court to remove 13 of them from their seats.

Texas Democrats continue to camp out in different states across the country seeking to block voting back home on new congressional maps that would give Republicans more winnable seats

Democrats have left the state, the Republican governor and attorney general have vowed to remove them from office, and a senator has called in the F.B.I.

Texas, said Thursday that the FBI approved his request for federal law enforcement to help locate Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block GOP redistricting efforts. State Reps. Trey Martinez Fischer and Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos,

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps. But they want to encourage blue states to retaliate.