One judge wrote in the ruling that politics played a role in drawing the new map, which was passed by the Republican-controlled legislature. The judge also found that substantial evidence shows Texas racially gerrymandered the map.

A handful of Texas school districts, including Conroe ISD, will be required to remove Ten Commandment displays from their classrooms following a Tuesday ruling. The order is likely to be appealed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton .

The news comes after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) pushed for a ballot initiative to allow California’s state legislature to enact its own redistricting scheme favoring Democrats, and California voters approved it on Nov. 4.

The battle over Ten Commandments displays in Texas schools continues to play out in the courts, with both sides firing shots today.

ICE has arrested an illegal immigrant from El Salvador accused of beating and sexually assaulting a Texas woman with a tire iron in early 2023.

Judges blocked a plan that would have given Republicans five more Houst seats, while California's Democratic-friendly redistricting remains untouched.

Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu, who largely spearheaded Texas House Democrats' efforts to flee the state and break quorum in protest of the map, said the Trump-appointed federal judge's decision "stopped one of the most brazen attempts to steal our democracy that Texas has ever seen."

The council, which bills itself as the country’s largest Muslim advocacy organization, accused the Texas governor of seeking to capitalize on fueling Islamophobic sentiment.