More than 20 years after launching mid-decade redistricting, the Lone Star State is back in the middle again. It’s easy to forget these days, given the more than three-decade dominance of Republicans in Texas, that Democrats began 2004 with a majority of the state’s delegation to the U.S. House.

President Trump has said he wants a "simple redrawing" of Texas' congressional map where Republicans pick up five seats.

Unlike the Big 12, the SEC is still doing a preseason media poll for football, and the Texas Longhorns are the team of choice. The Longhorns picked up 96 votes from a panel of media who cover the SEC to win the league's championship.

Texas was picked to win the SEC according to the conference's preseason media poll. See more from the polling, including all-SEC team voting.

The Texas Longhorns were overwhelmingly chosen as the team to beat in the SEC during the 2025 college football season as part of an SEC media poll on Friday.

Photos from the Detroit Tigers' series vs. the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas starting Friday, July 18, 2025.

Texas Rangers designated hitter Kyle Higashioka was almost put out twice by All-Star players from Detroit in a strange sequence

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Puzzles & Games | Today in History Nine puppies from parts of Texas submerged by catastrophic flooding that killed at least 132 people arrived Wednesday at the no-kill shelter PAWS Chicago, joining dozens of puppies that were already here.

More than two dozen dogs and puppies rescued from the deadly Texas flood zone are ready for forever homes after being flown to a Chicago shelter. PAWS Chicago received 31 pups this week from no-kill organizations that coordinated to move the animals out of the flood-stricken region,