Texas Republicans undertook the rare mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump, who says he wants to bolster the odds of preserving his party's slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives amid political headwinds.

President Trump signaled Thursday that Missouri will be the next state to redraw its congressional lines to benefit the Republican Party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

California Democrats scored a victory after passing a plan that could net them five more House seats in the midterm elections.

MSNBC’s Melissa Murray is joined by Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) of the Congressional Black Caucus who says the redistricting ploy by Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill ‘is a huge threat’ pitting Democrats against each other as congressional districts are erased.

Texas Republicans' redrawn congressional maps will split up the district of the only out LGBTQ+ representative from the South.

Michigan has independent redistricting and a divided state government that pretty much take it out of the fight over congressional maps before 2026.

The Democratic lawmakers have been in Illinois since Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session called by Texas GOP.

The Texas House of Representatives has approved a new congressional district map with a vote of 88-52. The map is designed to give Republicans five new seats in Congress and has been criticized by Democrats as an attempt to "steal" seats. The bill now moves to the Texas Senate, where it is expected to pass and be signed by Governor Abbott.