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Where states stand in the battle for partisan advantage in US House redistricting maps
Lawmakers in Missouri are the latest to try to draw a new U.S. House map for the 2026 election that could improve the Republican Party's numbers in Congress.
It's a trend that began in Texas, at the behest of President Donald Trump, to try to keep GOP control of the House next year. California Democrats responded with their own ... (full story)
Black man shot at while waiting to go to work says South Carolina needs hate crime law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When Jarvis McKenzie locked eyes with the man in the car, he couldn't understand the hate he saw. When the man picked up a rifle, fired over his head and yelled "you better get running, boy!" as he scrambled behind a brick wall, McKenzie knew it was because he is Black.
McKenzie told his sto ... (full story)
Trump's strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat raises questions about his use of military power
WASHINGTON (AP) — Within a week of Donald Trump's election, Sen. Lindsey Graham counseled the president-elect to quickly send a message to the drug cartels from the White House.
"Blow up something," Graham told Trump.
The brazen military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling speedboat carrying 11 people from V ... (full story)
Kilmar Abrego Garcia wants asylum. The US wants to deport him. What to know
Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces an uncertain future.
The Trump administration wants to deport him to the African nation of Eswatini. Abrego Garcia wants to apply for asylum to stay in the U.S.
Either path could begin with a long journey through the legal system.
Abrego Garcia, 30, became a flashpoint over President Donald Tru ... (full story)
Several of Trump's immigration policies have faced lawsuits, court rulings
President Donald Trump has promised to remove millions of people from the United States in the largest deportation program in American history. But his immigration agenda is facing various tests in the U.S. courts.
For example, a federal appeals court ruled recently that the Trump administration cannot use an 18th-century wartim ... (full story)