Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed federal prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation into accusations that Obama administration officials manufactured intelligence about Russia’s 2016 election interference,

Now, as Texas Republicans and California engage in a redistricting staredown, the question becomes whether either state will blink.

The former president took to social media Tuesday, deriding Texas Republicans for attempting to redraw the state’s districts and secure another five seats in the House of Representatives. Doing so would help alleviate concerns that the right would lose the House in the midterm elections.

It’s not just Donald Trump’s mantra anymore. As the Republican president pushes states to redraw their congressional districts to the GOP’s advantage, Democrats have shown they are willing to go beyond words of outrage and use whatever power they do have to win.

Former President Obama sat down with Texas Democrats to lay out what is at stake as they protest Trump’s request for state Republicans to gerrymander Texas’s congressional map. Former Special Assistant to President Biden,