- Texas Democrats come to Capitol: ‘We won’t buckle to the big lie’
- Lawmakers arrive in DC to call for legislation to strengthen voting rights
- Explainer: why did Democratic lawmakers flee Texas?
- Texas governor vows to arrest Democratic legislators who fled Austin
7.25pm BST
Joe Biden is due to give a major speech on voting rights before the top of the hour. He’s not always on time but do stay tuned and we’ll bring you the news as and when it happens. The president will be speaking in Philadelphia, often known as the cradle of liberty in the United States as it was there that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed in the 18th Century.
Here’s what’s happened so far today in US politics:
7.05pm BST
Our apologies, readers, the Reuters news wire has just put out a correction, saying that vice president Kamala Harris, but not Biden, will meet the Texas Democrats this week. Reuters reported a few moments ago that the president intended to meet the rebels.