GOP on verge of big Texas win, but redistricting battles are only starting
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🗓️ 22 August 2025
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USA TODAY Chief Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey takes a closer look at redistricting battles, and how the conversation is shifting to California.
USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Aysha Bagchi discusses the move by an appeals court to toss President Donald Trump's $454 million civil fraud court loss.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Friday, August 22nd, 2025. |
| 0:09.1 | This is USA Today's The Excer. |
| 0:14.4 | Today we check in with the redistricting fight and how it's extending to California, |
| 0:18.4 | plus a major penalty handed to Trump and his New York civil |
| 0:20.9 | fraud case gets tossed, and one Menendez brother is denied parole. |
| 0:27.1 | The GOP is on the verge of a big win in Texas, but the redistricting fight is just beginning nationwide. |
| 0:32.9 | I spoke with USA Today, Chief Political Correspondent, Philip M. Bailey for more. |
| 0:37.2 | So, thanks for joining me. |
| 0:38.5 | Hey, Taylor. What's going on? |
| 0:40.0 | So where do things stand with Republican redistricting right now? |
| 0:43.7 | I guess it makes the most sense to start with Texas. |
| 0:46.5 | Right. I mean, that's where the launch pad of this started in the Lone Star State. |
| 0:50.7 | Now that we saw what the Democrats in Texas did by holding out and going to different |
| 0:55.1 | states to draw attention, now they're back in Texas and as predicted Governor Abbott |
| 1:00.2 | called on another immediate special session. So that partisan battle has now escalated there to where |
| 1:07.2 | Texas Republicans passed a new congressional map that essentially carves out five additional |
| 1:14.4 | seats for Republicans in Congress. |
| 1:17.3 | This is all at the behest of President Donald Trump, who is seeking to really keep at bay voters |
| 1:23.8 | who more than likely, and this usually happens with presidents, where they lose control of |
| 1:29.0 | Congress in the midterm elections. So already telegraphing it, President Trump announced |
| 1:33.9 | that he believes that the Republicans, because he won Texas, are entitled to more seats. That map is now |
| 1:39.7 | headed to Governor Greg Abbott's desk, who would likely be signed. And now the question is shifting |
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