#redistricting

#redistricting

But after President Trump persuaded Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to redraw his state's maps in order to improve Republican chances of retaining control of Congress in 2026, Von Wilpert said she decided California's only option was to fight back with new maps of its own, favoring Democrats. There's too much at stake for LGBTQ+ people and other marginalized Californians to do otherwise, said Von Wilpert - who is

The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss why interpreting the psychology of world leaders such as Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping is essential to understanding global crises. Clinton also shares her thoughts on Gavin Newsom's plan for redistricting in California, the Trump Administration's free-speech crackdown in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, and ABC's decision to pull "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" off the air.

On Friday, the Missouri Senate gave its final approval to a redistricting plan endorsed by President Donald Trump, potentially allowing Republicans to gain an additional House of Representatives seat in the 2026 midterms. The approved map now heads to Governor Mike Kehoe (R-MO), who is expected to sign it into law. However, opponents of the new map have already launched a campaign to place the new district lines before voters in a referendum.

"When this comedian I was not very familiar with made those horrific comments about punching trans individuals, I obviously am deeply offended by that, just as I've been offended when someone makes comments about hating Indian Americans or telling Indian people to go back to India," he said.

Just over four years ago, Andrew Cuomo resigned from office. Driven from the governorship over a cascading number of sexual-harassment allegations, he entered the political wilderness only to reemerge this year, when he decided to run for mayor. In the meantime, his little-known lieutenant, Kathy Hochul, became governor. A quiet political force in her own right - she has raised tens of millions of dollars and helped to resurrect a once-moribund statewide

On Wednesday, we heard about another killing and wounding of children and adults as their Minneapolis school, Annunciation, began its school year at mass. More dead children, dead because they were shot by what we now know is the classic American mass shooter - our uniquely native-born young person whose craziness, whose need to destroy, won't be contained because Republican legislators make sure he has access to assault weapons.

They are hungry for leaders, for heroes, for national politicians who might, like a young Barack Obama, inspire them anew. The bench, for 2028, is relatively deep - there is no shortage of governors, senators, former Biden-administration officials, and stray outsiders who may enter the primary - but no single man or woman has emerged from the heap to captivate millions.