Trump news at a glance: US supreme court gives Texas win in national redistricting battle

State is key in president's effort to secure Republicans' fragile House majority for second half of his term - key US politics stories from 4 December 2025

Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that adds as many as five Republican-friendly congressional districts, the supreme court ruled on Thursday, handing Donald Trump a major win in his push to boost Republican seats ahead of next year's midterm elections.

In an unsigned order, the 6-3 conservative majority court granted a request by Texas to lift a lower court's ruling that struck down the state's new map in November. The supreme court's three liberal justices dissented.