As Texas, under pressure from President Trump, considers redrawing congressional lines to boost GOP numbers in Congress, California considers responding by boosting the state's Democratic districts.

Two groups of Democrats left Texas to confer with Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker, who have suggested their Democratic-controlled states could counter a Texas Republican gerrymander.

At the first of at least seven hearings, members of the public aired grievances about the unusual mid-decade redistricting effort.