The Guardian

President says ‘we are entitled to five more seats’ in Texas as state House battles over Republican-drawn congressional mapsTexas House pushes forward on redistricting as Democrats vow to fightIt’s a quiet August Tuesday on the

Lawmakers travel to Illinois, New York and elsewhere to stop vote on Republicans’ redistricting planUS politics – live updatesTexas Democrats in the state legislature denied Republicans a legislative quorum on Monday by leaving the state,

Greg Abbott says he will try to remove Democrats unless they return to allow vote to take place on redrawing the US House map to favour RepublicansAs he boarded Air Force One on Sunday, the

Shipwreck in Gulf of Aden with 154 Ethiopians onboard leaves only 12 survivors, with the rest missing and presumed dead, says UN agencyA boat has capsized off Yemen’s coast leaving 68 African migrants dead and

Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy scheme has cost UK taxpayers almost £200bn, according to a report into the policy’s contribution to