Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office if they do not return after dozens of them left the state

The Texas Legislature was left today without the ability to pass any bills after the state’s Democrats fled en masse. Republicans were planning to vote this week to approve a new political map that was drawn at the behest of President Trump to flip five U.

U.S. states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be denied federal aid for natural disaster preparedness, the Trump administration has announced, tying routine federal funding to its political stance.