Mid-decade redistricting used to happen about twice a generation. In the last year alone, five states did it. Here's the mechanism behind the current fight for the House.

The system may or may not earn a name. The flooding threat from the Texas coast into the Deep South is already here, the hurricane center says.

With a disturbance brewing in the Gulf and rain already falling, Texas shifted its emergency operation to round-the-clock footing ahead of the worst of the week.