Governor Abbott adds redistricting to the Texas special session agenda amid DOJ's racial gerrymandering concerns.

Redistricting is one of 18 items on the agenda during the Texas legislative special session that begins July 21.

Republicans already have a commanding majority in the Texas congressional delegation. Now President Trump is demanding even more seats.

California Governor Gavin Newsom threatened retaliatory redistricting in response to Texas Governor Greg Abbott adding a redistricting effort as an agenda item to a July 21 special session. In an interview with The Tennessee Holler,

President Donald Trump on Tuesday described Texas as the centerpiece in a plan to add Republican U.S. House seats by redrawing congressional boundaries

President Donald Trump said he thinks Republicans could flip a handful of congressional districts in Texas next year through “​​just a very simple redrawing."

Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told Texas Democrats on a call on Tuesday that the moment required everyone to take extraordinary actions.

President Trump said he hopes Texas Republicans will pick up five seats in the House from a redistricting plan they hope to enact in a special legislative session later this month. Trump told reporters that it’s “OK” if other Democratic-leaning states like California or New York also seek to redraw their congressional district lines

R epublicans are looking for a lifeline. They have narrow, fragile control of the House of Representatives and could lose their majority entirely in next year's midterm elections. So the GOP is looking to Texas to provide a buffer.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map as part of a special session that kicks off later this month, as the GOP seeks to retain its narrow US House majority after next year’s midterm elections.