A Texas legislative committee voted Saturday to send a new map of the state's congressional districts, redrawn at President Trump's request to help elect more Republicans, to the full House for approval.

A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a draft congressional map aimed at adding five new Republican districts next year over protests from Democrats that the proposal would suppress the votes of people of color.

Democratic lawmakers are trying to build a case that Republicans in Texas have engineered a rushed and unfair process for redrawing the state’s congressional districts

The full Texas House will now vote next week on a map drawn to flip five House districts to the G.O.P., but Democrats might walk out to deny Republicans a quorum.

Trump was friends with Epstein for years, and the two were repeatedly photographed together. He said this week their relationship soured after Epstein and Maxwell “stole” young women from his Mar-a-Lago club. When reporters asked if he was referring to Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most outspoken victims, Trump said yes.

New lockup is an all-female prison camp that has limited perimeter fencing and is home to fraudster Elizabeth Holmes and reality star Jen Shah

President Donald Trump has addressed ongoing speculation regarding Ghislaine Maxwell and the possibility of new disclosures related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case. Trump downplayed the controversy and urged the public to shift its focus to his administration's national achievements and policy successes,