Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House speaker’s order that members who fled the state weeks earlier be placed under law enforcement watch.

The Green Party said one of its councillors arrested at a protest would not be expelled from the party. Amanda Fox, who represents Mancroft ward on Norwich City Council, was one of 13 people arrested during a demonstration in support of the banned group Palestine Action in the city on Saturday.

The protest comes as West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio announced they would deploy hundreds of additional National Guard troops to the nation's capital.

Several Texas state House Democrats plan to rip up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort on Monday and return to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.

Rep. Wesley Bell's town hall in St. Louis, Missouri, was repeatedly interrupted by protesters attacking him for his stance on Israel. (Credit: Office of Congressman Wesley Bell)

Life comes before revenge,” Rudy Chen, the father of Itay Chen, an Israeli American soldier who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, told NBC News.

The Speakers denounced Israel’s actions in Gaza, terming it as “genocide,” citing the International Criminal Court’s warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A Fells Point restaurant terminated group of employees who protested over not being allowed to wear pins with the Palestinian flag at work.