Biggs, a former chair of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, supported Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election being stolen. In praising the president’s budget bill, he said he would “always stand shoulder-to-shoulder” with Trump in his fight against “bloated bureaucracy.”

In redistricting lingo, it’s called “packing and cracking.” Those maneuvers are at the heart of Trump’s push for friendlier GOP districts as he tries to avoid reprising 2018, when midterms yielded a House Democratic majority that stymied his agenda and impeached him twice.

A Republican-led House subcommittee heard testimony on the alleged election fraud case that was dismissed by a judge last week.

An escalating gerrymandering race, kicked off by Texas Republicans and spreading rapidly, is coming into focus alongside the evolving battle over Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

The political fallout has been swift. Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett, 78, of Austin chose to retire after three decades in the House rather than face a primary against 36-year-old two-term Rep. Greg Casar, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Casar’s current district has been redrawn to favor Republicans.

The federal government accuses Oregon and Secretary of State Tobias Read of “failing to provide information regarding voter list maintenance procedures and electronic copies of statewide voter registration lists,” a Tuesday press release said. It also sued the state of Maine and its secretary of state.

Get the latest Trump administration news as Kash Patel testifies to Congress on the FBI's handling of Charlie Kirk's assassination, and Trump sues The New York Times.

President Trump has sued The New York Times and Penguin Random House for $15 billion, claiming they sought to damage his reputation ahead of the 2024 election.