Overnight, California's governor signed into law *** plan for voters to decide whether to approve *** redrawn congressional map. It would give Democrats 5 more winnable seats in the US House next year.

California voters will decide in a November special election whether to approve a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more U.S.

The swift passage was a decisive victory for Governor Gavin Newsom, widely seen as a possible 2028 White House contender whose national political stature has climbed as he led Democrats' charge against what they decried as an attempted power grab in the Republican-led state of Texas.

The vote marked a return volley by Democrats in a national redistricting war the day after Texas approved its new map.

California Democrats landed their counterpunch to Texas on Thursday, just a day after Texas Republicans advanced their redrawn map that had come at the urging of President Donald Trump with the aim of padding their House majority by five seats.

A California Republican caught in President Trump’s mid-decade gerrymandering plan got blindsided Wednesday night when a CNN anchor demanded to know why her grievances should be taken seriously when she refused to criticize Texas Republicans for the same maneuver.

Golden State conservatives are as comfortable with Big Tech regulating AI as the federal government taking the reins, an exclusive poll shows.

California races toward redrawing congressional maps as Texas moves toward final approval of its plans. California Democrats are rushing Thursday to advance a plan to draw a new congressional map, aiming to counter Texas Republicans in a national fight between the two parties to seize an advantage in next year’s midterm elections.