A divided US Supreme Court cleared Texas to use a new Republican-drawn congressional map for next year’s election, bolstering GOP hopes of picking up as many as five new House seats in the state.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Texas congressional map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional.

Texas officials had asked the Supreme Court to revive the map, which was designed to help Trump's party keep control of Congress in midterm elections.

The ruling is a major win for the Trump administration and Texas Republicans, who engineered the map to give the GOP control ...

The Supreme Court will let Texas use a new congressional map in next year’s crucial midterm elections that could determine the balance of power in Congress. A redistricting war among states to ...