The health of our democracy concerns many of us right now. Anxiety is surging over stories of conflict and political violence around the nation — from assassination attempts to shootings at campaign ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public ...

Texas Republicans have just unveiled new Trump-ordered congressional maps that eliminate five Democratic-held seats—deliberately shifting them to the GOP in a bid to lock down control of the U.S.

Missouri’s governor signed into law Sunday a new Trump-backed congressional map designed to flip a seat in Kansas City currently held by Democrats over to the Republicans. The seat is held by ...

Law Forward, a non-profit organization, filed a brief on Oct. 9, following Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy and individual voters’ challenge to Wisconsin’s congressional map as an ...

The North Carolina House of Representatives has approved a new congressional map that could give Republicans an extra seat in Congress. According to state law, North Carolina’s governor, Democrat Josh ...

Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public testimony against the proposal. Roughly an hour later, Republicans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People gather at the Missouri statehouse in Jefferson City on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, to protest the legislature's efforts to ...