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What to Know

• Democratic legislators from Texas have left the state in an attempt to block a vote on a new congressional map that favors Republicans, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to threaten to expel them from the state House of Representatives.
• The proposed map would shift district lines in ways that would target current Democratic members of Congress in and around Austin, Dallas and Houston, as well as two already endangered Democrats representing South Texas districts that Trump carried last year.
• The European Union announced it will delay tariffs on U.S. goods by six months while both sides implement their trade agreement. The tariffs President Donald Trump placed on imports from countries around the world take effect this week.
• Members of Congress have headed home for their summer recess. Several lawmakers are holding town halls tonight, including Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., and Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.

Democratic legislators from Texas have left the state in an attempt to block a vote on a new congressional map that favors Republicans, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to threaten to expel them from the state House of Representatives. Follow along for live updates.

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