Dozens of protesters gathered in the Texas Capitol Building in Austin on Friday to protest the Republican effort to redistrict the Texas congressional district map. KETK/FOX51 News covers East Texas,

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a response letter to the DOJ argued the congressional districts in question were not drawn in a way that's race-based. But Paxton said he does support a special session on redistricting, citing "recent changes to the legal and political landscape."

Jasmine Crockett said Friday that GOP-proposed congressional maps in Texas would draw her out of the district where she lives, part of a redistricting effort Democrats say is aimed at at picking up five seats to keep Republican control of the U.