President Donald Trump has suffered a new blow in his effort to hold on to the Republican House majority and avoid becoming a lame-duck president.

A panel of federal judges blocked Texas from using its new GOP-friendly congressional map in the 2026 midterms in a 2-1 ruling Tuesday.

The map was drawn at Trump’s behest and signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in August. It was projected to net the GOP five seats in the House of Representatives, which the party controls by the slimmest of margins.

Trump-appointed Judge Jeffrey Brown wrote in the decision that “substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map,” and slammed the Trump administration for pushing the gerrymandering effort.

The court ordered Texas to use its previous map that was drawn in 202

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