Texas Democrats have fled the state to halt the legislature's progress on enacting a new congressional map that would favor Republicans.

A Norfolk Superior Court judge ordered former Massachusetts State Police trooper Michael Proctor in June to preserve all the data on his personal cell phone and promptly turn it over to prosecutors.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said Texas Democrats will keep calling special sessions for as long as it takes to pass new congressional maps, meaning Democrats would have to keep up their disappearing act ...