Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on as Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Fransisco, delivers remarks during a news conference on redistricting at the Governor's Mansion in downtown Sacramento on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. California legislative leaders met with Texas Democratic lawmakers about Republican plans to redistrict. DANIEL HEUER [email protected]

Texas Republicans insisted that Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn’t leave again.

Democrats have struggled to counter GOP efforts to frame itself as the party of "law and order." Some see it as a problem of messaging, while others think past and current policies may be to blame.

As state leaders threaten a redraw of their maps, Republicans may have an advantage over their Democratic counterparts due to local laws impeding partisan gerrymandering attempts.

Newsom and Democratic leaders say they’ll ask voters to approve their new maps only for the next few elections, returning map-drawing power to the commission following the 2030 census — and only if a Republican state moves forward with new maps. Obama applauded that temporary timeline.

"Pod Save America" host Jon Lovett lamented during a podcast interview with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that Democratic voters don't know what the party stands for.

Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort and returned to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.

About 200 are gathered in the rotunda for a rally supporting Democrats as Republicans prepare to approve new congressional maps on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.

Democrats said Republicans in the Texas House crossed a line by detaining them en masse and then assigning state troopers to trail them everywhere they go.

Democrats see the federal takeover of Washington as a way for President Trump to stoke fear for political gain. But they are mindful that issues of public safety continue to resonate with their own supporters.

Democrats are searching for a positive vision to inspire voters, and leading the pack, at least among party elites, is the brand of “abundance”. Popularised in a recent book by journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson,