Texas House Democrats who fled their state to stall a Republican redistricting effort returned on Monday, ending their 15-day holdout. Democrats returned to Austin on Monday about an hour before the House was set to convene.

The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.

Four California Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking to block Governor Gavin Newsom's redistricting plan, which would create five new Democratic U.S. congressional seats in his state to counter a similar move by Republicans in Texas.

Several Texas state House Democrats plan to rip up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort on Monday and return to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.

Texas Democrats who ended a walkout found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts and fulfill President Donald Trump's desire to reshape U.

Governor Gavin Newsom has rallied enough support from local Democratic leaders to plow ahead with a controversial initiative to redraw California’s congressional maps. A key next task: tapping the state’s wealthy to help sell the plan to voters.