At Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Hunt, Texas, where officials are grieving the loss of 27 children and counselors, belongings of the young campers were strewn about the flooded floors of a dormitory, while other items, including a pink backpack and a Camp Mystic T-shirt, were found along the bloated Guadalupe River, photos show.

The state legislature will take the rare step of considering a mid-decade redrawing of district lines in light of concerns raised by the Justice Department.

Allred is widely seen by Texas Democrats as the preferred candidate of Washington, and some said they’re tired of out-of-state consultants in their backyard. “We don’t want people from D.C. telling Texans what to do,” said Nancy Thompson, a Democratic activist and founder of Mothers Against Greg Abbott.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that tackling redrawing the state's congressional maps would be part of an special legislative session later this summer as Republicans seek to hold on to their narrow U.

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But the 2-1 decision didn’t mandate an immediate fix and Texas could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Republicans currently hold two of the three congressional districts ruled newly invalid.

New reporting shines a light on the behind-the-scenes push by Team Trump to gerrymander the state's congressional maps ahead of next year's elections.