A federal court has blocked Texas from using a redrawn congressional map that would have given Republicans five additional U.S. House seats. A panel of judges ruled 2-1 that the map amounts to racial gerrymandering and harms Black and Hispanic voters.

That decision is a blow to President Trump's efforts to preserve Republican control of the House and of the 2026 midterms.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says he will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court. It's not yet clear if or when the high court may take up the case, or whether any decision would come in time ahead of 2026's midterms.

So far, Democrats view the ruling as boosting their chances in those 2026 elections.

"This whole notion that Republicans were going to be able to gerrymander their way into rigging the midterm elections an

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