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Texas Republicans have ended a legislative session without approving new congressional maps but are ready for another to satisfy President Donald Trump’s wishes for redistricting that bolsters their party

Texas Republicans have ended a legislative session without approving new congressional maps but quickly began another intended to satisfy President Donald Trump’s wishes for redistricting that bolsters the GOP

Democrats have unveiled a proposal that could give California’s dominant political party an additional five U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year

Democrats have unveiled a proposal that could give California’s dominant political party an additional five U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year

Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip 20 years ago, dismantling 21 Jewish settlements and pulling out its forces

Rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to be sentenced in South Florida after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme

Rapper Sean Kingston has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in South Florida

Singer Sean Kingston has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in South Florida

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach

Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II