AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over Republican President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his party’s advantage.

Their return to the Texas Capitol — which will now involve escorts by state police to make sure the lawmakers don’t bolt again — puts the Republican-run Legislature in position to satisfy Trump’s demands as California Democrats separately advance new congressional boundaries in retaliation. The tit-for-tat puts the nation’s two most populous states at the center of an expanding fight over control of Congress ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The battle also has rallied Democrats nationally after infighting and frus

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