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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Dozens of Democratic lawmakers in Texas

have fled the state in the hopes of blocking a controversial bill during a special session of the legislature today.

NPR's Rachel Treasman reports the tactic has had mixed outcomes in the past.

The Republican-controlled Texas House needs 100 members present to do business. By leaving the

state, Democrats are preventing it from voting on a congressional redistricting map that

has been redrawn to favor Republicans. Texas Democrats did the same thing for the same reason back in 2003,

stalling for about a month before the bill passed in a special session. They also walked out in

2021 over a GOP voting bill that eventually passed.

The Texas House has since adopted a rule that fines lawmakers $500 for every day they are absent without permission.

Rachel Treasman, NPR News.

Federal judges in the United States are speaking out about a rise in threats against them and their families. NPRs, Kerry

Johnson, reports. Judge Jack McConnell of Rhode Island says his court got more than 400 threatening

voicemails after he issued a ruling that blocked President Trump's freeze on federal aid this year.

Another federal judge in Washington State had the sheriff show up at his door after a phony call that said he had harmed his wife. New Jersey federal judge Esther Salas is calling on political leaders to cool down the rhetoric. Stop demonizing us. Stop villainizing us because what they're doing when they do that irresponsible

rhetoric is they are inviting people to do us harm. Five years ago, a disgruntled lawyer shot

and killed Judge Salas's son, and she's trying to ensure that never happens again.

Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington. Hamas continues to defend its armed

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