{"id":271303,"date":"2025-08-21T06:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/texas-passes-trump-backed-new-congressional-maps-ahead-of-2026-elections-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:05:01","slug":"texas-passes-trump-backed-new-congressional-maps-ahead-of-2026-elections-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/texas-passes-trump-backed-new-congressional-maps-ahead-of-2026-elections-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas passes Trump-backed new congressional maps ahead of 2026 elections | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TqxognpUc2U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Texas passes Trump-backed new congressional maps ahead of 2026 elections | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TqxognpUc2U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Despite a two-week protest by Democratic lawmakers, Texas Republicans have taken the first step to approving new congressional maps that could give their party as many as five new seats in the US House of Representatives. This decision could have wide-reaching consequences for in US politics. Right now Texas has 25 Republicans and 12 Democrats in the House. 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