AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republican leaders said Tuesday that they were prepared to end their stalemated special session and immediately begin another standoff with Democrats in the GOP's efforts to redraw congressional maps as directed by President Donald Trump.

It's the latest indication that Trump's push to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections will become an extended fight enveloping multiple statehouses controlled by both major parties, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democratic state executives pledging retaliatory answers to any GOP moves.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows confirmed state Republicans' plans during a brief session Tuesday morning that marked another failure to meet the required attendance standards to conduct official business

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