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FBI, Texas and Democrats

Chicago Sun-Times · 1h

Texas senator says FBI will help find Democrats who fled the state; Pritzker calls it 'grandstanding'

It's unclear what role federal agents can play in the matter, and there were no reports of FBI activity in the area housing Texas Democrats as of Thursday morning.

The Center Square on MSN · 7h

Cornyn: FBI to assist with locating, arresting Texas Dems who fled state

The FBI on Thursday agreed to assist with arresting Texas Democrats who fled the state to prevent the Texas House from reaching a quorum and conducting

USA Today · 4h

GOP senator says FBI will help track down Texas Democrats who fled state

Sen. John Cornyn said FBI Director Kash Patel will have federal officers work with Texas state law enforcement to locate Democrats who fled the state.

Texas, Chicago and Democrats

CBS News on MSN · 21h

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move forward on a bill that would set new congressional districts.

Chicago-area hotel evacuated after bomb threat against Texas Democrats

Houston State Rep. Gene Wu, who Gov. Greg Abbott called the "ringleader" of Texas Democrats who fled, and other party leaders reported a bomb threat on Wednesday.

Chron on MSN · 1d

Texas Democrats evacuated from Chicago hotel following security threat

Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus were evacuated from a Chicago-area hotel early Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was reported amid lawmakers' continued out-of-state protest against a Republican-led redistricting plan in the Texas Legislature.

2hon MSN

Finances weigh on Texas Democrats as costs of their quorum break add up

The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas in order to ...

2h

Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Left State

The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on ...

3hon MSN

Texas Democrats plead for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic ...

1hon MSN

Texas legislative standoff stretches into fourth day as Democrats are told to return to the Capitol on Friday

The battle between Texas Democrats and the Texas House continues with one more day before lawmakers were told to meet and ...

3don MSN

Texas Democrats Head to Chicago in Effort to Block Redistricting Map

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

Crain's Chicago Business1h

Portillo's hits speed bump in Texas expansion

Texas has emerged as a potential drag on Portillo's expansion plans across the country. The market that at first embraced the ...

2don MSN

Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns Texas politicians that police can't just come to Illinois to arrest Democrats

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a stern warning to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans who ...

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Gov. Pritzker says Illinois remap is 'possible' as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts 'tooth and nail'

Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican ...

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