"The map, proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, would most likely add four Republican districts while eliminating three held by Democrats."

"Peter Thiel has emerged as the biggest funder in MAGA-land. He’s tied as the largest individual donor to Republican politics this election cycle."

The GOP learns what it’s like to be on the losing side of a redistricting power grab.

"The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in place Monday, freezing a lower court ruling that said the map likely violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the political power _...Read More_

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The Ohio Supreme Court struck down a congressional map skewed to favor Republicans on Friday, ruling it was the equivalent of a dealer stacking the deck and sending it back to state lawmakers to try again.

The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday rejected a new congressional map drawn by state Republican lawmakers as unconstitutional _...Read More_

"The surprising good news for Democrats: on the current trajectory, there will be a few more Biden-won districts after redistricting than there are now — producing a congressional map slightly less biased in the GOP's favor than the last _...Read More_

>"The decision by the pastor and civil rights activist added to a wave of Democrats deciding not to run for re-election in a difficult midterm cycle."

"Beyond the NDAA, additional measures are needed to protect civilians in conflict."While the the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) takes some important steps towards congressional oversight of civilian harm, it does not go far _...Read More_

>"President Joe Biden and top congressional leaders on Thursday honored the late Republican Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas at a congressional tribute ceremony as Dole lay in state at the United States Capitol."

>"Mr. Rose, a moderate Democrat, lost to Representative Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, by six percentage points last year in a conservative New York City district that includes Staten Island."

Progressives who had threatened to sink the measure agreed to support it after extracting a promise from moderates that they would ultimately back the social safety net and climate _...Read More_