The Republican-controlled state House in Texas has passed new congressional maps that aim to pad the party’s majority in Washington by as much as five seats in the midterm elections, a move that comes as battles over redistricting spread across the country.

Republican lawmakers in California have filed suit seeking to block action on Governor Gavin Newsom's redistricting plan, which aims to create five new Democratic U.S. congressional seats in his stat...

“I know these maps will harm my constituents,” she said in a statement.