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Albany lawmakers prepare for mad dash on Trump fund, redistricting as session wraps
Jimmy Vielkind, Jon Campbell, Gothamist
Members of the state Assembly debated budget bills Tuesday night. The tardy budget has set the stage for a hectic week before legislators go home. [ more › ]
May 30, 2026, 5:19 PM
In California redistricting, pro-MAGA town likely to get a gay, liberal congressman...
By Daniel Trotta, Yahoo Entertainment
By Daniel Trotta HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, May 29 (Reuters) - Huntington Beach, the right-leaning California city that banned the Pride flag from City...
May 29, 2026, 1:52 PM
Morning news brief
A Martínez, NPR
Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wins GOP nomination for U.S. Senate seat, South Carolina lawmakers reject Trump-backed redistricting plan, Trump's whiplash diplomacy on Iran continues.
May 27, 2026, 8:40 AM
Millions of people have been placed in new voting districts
DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press, Abcnews.com
A redistricting effort before the November elections has reshaped congressional voting districts for millions of Americans
May 27, 2026, 4:51 AM
Trump-led push to redraw Congress maps faces setbacks in Southern states
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
State lawmakers reject a new map in South Carolina as judges strike down newly drawn US House districts one in Alabama.
May 26, 2026, 8:33 PM
Trump-backed redistricting plan is rejected in the South Carolina Legislature
Gavin Jackson, NPR
Republican state senators don't face election this year. Trump's urging for them to redistrict to help flip the House seat held by prominent Democrat Jim Clyburn was met with opposition.
May 26, 2026, 6:46 PM
South Carolina Senate effectively kills proposed congressional map backed by Trump
ABC NEWS, Abcnews.com
The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday delivered a major rebuff to a mid-decade redistricting effort promoted by President Donald Trump
May 26, 2026, 6:38 PM
Early voting begins in South Carolina as senators weigh scrapping primary for congressional races
MEG KINNARD, JEFFREY COLLINS, KIM CHANDLER and DAVID A. LIEB, Yahoo Entertainment
President Donald Trump’s push to reshape congressional districts ahead of the November elections suffered a double setback Tuesday, as South Carolina...
May 26, 2026, 5:12 PM
South Carolina Senators Just Handed Rep. Jim Clyburn a Stay of Execution, Defying Trump
Jim Vorel, Jezebel
17-term Congressman Jim Clyburn had been in danger of having his district effectively eliminated, but South Carolina state senators refused.
May 26, 2026, 4:33 PM
Some Lawmakers Want a Gerrymandering Truce
Russell Berman, The Atlantic
Could the current partisan redistricting frenzy lead to reform?
May 23, 2026, 10:00 AM
A redistricting re-do? What to know about Alabama’s primary elections
Catherine Nouhan, Al Jazeera English
Voters may have to return to the polls in August as state seeks to implement a previously blocked redistricting push.
May 18, 2026, 10:13 PM
At least 4 Virginia Dem House candidates drop out after courts throw out new map
Oren Oppenheim, Abcnews.com
Overturning a new congressional map in Virginia that would have favored Democrats has had an outsized impact on the state’s U.S. House primaries.
May 18, 2026, 8:33 PM
Clyburn says GOP redistricting push part of larger Black disenfranchisement effort
Jeff Ballou, Oren Oppenheim, Abcnews.com
Some experts have told ABC News that redistricting in the South could wipe out up to a third of seats in Congress held by African American legislators.
May 18, 2026, 2:00 PM
This Big Idea Could Fix America’s Gerrymandering Madness
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
There’s a big idea that could fix America’s gerrymandering madness. The Supreme Court’s ‘Callais’ decision put us in a redistricting doom loop. Embracing proportional representation may be the only way out, writes New York’s Ed Kilgore.
May 17, 2026, 10:00 AM
The rules of the 2026 election are still in flux
Carrie Levine, Salon
Last-minute redistricting and Trump's mail-voting executive order cause confusion.
May 16, 2026, 10:00 AM
Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen ending campaign after redraw of his Memphis district
STEPHEN GROVES, Yahoo Entertainment
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee on Friday announced that he is ending his bid for reelection, his career upended by the redistricting battles that...
May 15, 2026, 3:33 PM
A third of the Congressional Black Caucus could lose seats amid redistricting fight
Juhi Doshi, Hannah Demissie, Abcnews.com
As many as 19 members of the Congressional Black Caucus -- almost a third of its membership -- are at risk of losing their seats through the 2028 cycle.
May 15, 2026, 9:12 AM
Voters are caught in the middle as the redistricting battle intensifies
Ashley Lopez, NPR
Much of the focus of the ongoing redistricting war has been on which political party will come out on top. But it's voters who will pay a cost, say voting experts and voting rights advocates.
May 14, 2026, 9:00 AM
One of the safest Florida seats for Democrats faces a candidate fiasco
Kimberly Leonard, Politico
Redistricting, a looming federal criminal trial and a primary with racial undertones are just a few of the dynamics shaping the race to represent the Broward...
May 14, 2026, 8:45 AM
Louisiana's governor defends decision to suspend congressional primaries
Cecilia Vega, CBS News
After the Supreme Court ruled a Louisiana congressional map unconstitutional, Gov. Jeff Landry suspended primaries, the state is redrawing its map, and some Black voters fear losing their voice in D.C.
May 10, 2026, 11:00 PM
Rep. Clyburn Tells Republicans Be 'Careful What They Pray For' With Redistricting
Heather, Crooksandliars.com
South Carolina is the latest state that has moved to cancel their primary election, even though people are already voting: South Carolina Republicans took the first step Friday to cancel the state’s June primary election — to give more time to potentially pas…
May 10, 2026, 7:30 PM
WATCH: Nationwide battle over redistricting escalates
ABC News, Abcnews.com
The fight to redraw the nation’s congressional maps is escalating as Virginia asks its own Supreme Court to pause the ruling that struck down a new map Democrats had counted on.
May 10, 2026, 6:35 AM
Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia
Larry Kaplow, NPR
The Supreme Court weakened minority voting rights and prompted Republicans in four states to move to redistrict as part of Trump's push. A court nullified Democratic redistricting in Virginia.
May 9, 2026, 10:00 AM
Virginia Supreme Court Thrusts America Into Worst-Case Gerrymandering Scenario
Alexis Romero, Slate Magazine
In a 4–3 vote on Friday, the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down the gerrymandered electoral map that Virginia voters approved just a few weeks ago.
May 8, 2026, 8:59 PM