A redistricting arms race is heating up around the country as other states look to follow Texas's lead in redrawing their congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Multiple Democratic and Republican governors have expressed interest in their states conducting their own redistricting process to add as many seats as they can for their parties and increase the chances that their party can win control of the House next year. But whether they will be able to depends on the state and its own unique rules. |
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President Trump is giving a tacit green light for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take over the Gaza Strip, framing the move as an Israeli-owned decision amid a global outcry and growing calls in the U.S. to rein in Netanyahu.
Trump has committed to taking the lead on humanitarian-aid distribution in the strip amid famine-like conditions for a population enduring a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
But he's refrained from criticizing Israel's plans to escalate the war by expanding its military control of the Gaza Strip, even as international allies speak out against the operation. |
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A blockbuster deal between the NFL and ESPN that would clear the way for the Disney-owned sports network to purchase several of the league's top media assets could face a key hurdle before it clears: President Trump.
The deal is part of a pivotal move further into streaming for Disney — the parent company of ABC News, which Trump and his allies have regularly attacked over its coverage of his administration and its corporate diversity policies. |
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BY ALEJANDRA O'CONNELL-DOMENECH |
Republicans are waging a multipronged campaign against abortion shield laws in blue states, hoping to force the federal government to ultimately intervene.
Legal experts say the effort will be difficult — as some states have already learned.
State abortion shield laws are meant to protect providers and patients from civil and criminal actions. Eighteen states plus the District of Columbia have an abortion shield law, according to Rachel Rebouché dean of Temple University Beasley School of Law. |
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President Trump on Friday said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a week in Alaska and that swapping territories will be discussed in potential peace talks between the Kremlin and Ukraine.
"I think we're getting very close, and we're going to be announcing later on — we're going to have a meeting with Russia, start off with Russia," Trump said at the White House on Friday. "And we'll announce the location; I think the location will be a very popular one for a lot of reasons. But we'll be announcing that a little bit later; I just don't want to do it now because of the importance of what we just did." |
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Friday they were moving forward with plans to hold a special election in November for voters to approve a ballot measure that would ultimately allow Democrats to pass a new House map ahead of 2026.
"We have till Aug. 22. With the leadership behind me, they will get this on the ballot. We're calling for a special election, that will be the first week of November," Newsom said. |
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A shooting that left one police officer dead appeared to target the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local officials said on Friday.
"We can tell you that multiple rounds were fired, both we believe at law enforcement and potentially at the CDC. Purposely, we can't say it definitively, but it would appear. We can't rule that out right now," Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a Friday press conference. |
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Former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) is being replaced as commissioner of the IRS less than two months after he was confirmed by the Senate, a White House official confirmed to The Hill.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead the agency on an acting basis, the official confirmed. Long is expected to be nominated to an ambassadorship. |
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Roland Mehrez Beainy, a co-owner of Trump Burger in Texas, is facing deportation. Beainy, a 28-year-old originally from Lebanon, entered the U.S. in 2019 with a non-immigrant visitor visa and overstayed, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). |
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OPINION | When Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced legislation recently requiring hospitals to disclose their ability to save premature babies, he exposed every parent's worst nightmare. We're gambling with our children's lives at hospitals that may not be equipped to save them. Cotton's Neonatal Care Transparency Act is vital, but it's part of a bigger issue — 2,100 children dying annually in emergency rooms that are also unprepared — and these emergencies can strike any family, any time.
"It's only a common cold, you can take her home — I need to get to the real emergency down the hall." These dismissive words have haunted me for nearly 18 years, costing my only daughter Rebecca her life. She wasnine days old. |
OPINION | Plenty of President Trump's recent acts as president are making headlines, but there has also been a steady stream of stories about something he hasn't done: Remove Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve.
The two previous Fed chairs, Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, have warned that such a move would upset financial markets and hurt the economy by subverting monetary policy to political whim. Meanwhile, Trump backers are urging him on.
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During the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020, President Trump was warned by medical officials that the development of a vaccine that could turn the tide against Covid could be over a year away.
For Trump, that timeline was not good enough.
He demanded a faster program. The creation of that program, Operation Warp Speed, led to lifesaving vaccines that contained messenger RNA, or mRNA, a synthetic form of a genetic molecule that helps stimulate the immune system. Those vaccines are widely regarded in the scientific community as the quickest way to protect Americans against future threats, including viruses that could mushroom into a pandemic, or man-made menaces, like a bioweapons attack. |
BY BRIAN SCHWARTZ AND GAVIN BADE |
After a faltering start to his effort to remake global trade, President Trump wanted deals, and he wanted them quickly.
To deliver for their boss, senior administration officials embarked on an aggressive campaign beginning this spring to pressure trading partners into agreements that would allow Trump to declare victory.
On trips to Europe, a top economic adviser, Stephen Miran, delivered a warning to his counterparts: If they didn't start seriously negotiating and find a way to come to a deal with the U.S., then their countries would face high tariffs. Miran conveyed the message in May to France and Germany, and later in June to officials in Brussels, where the European Union's executive arm is based, according to a senior administration official. |
BY SAM MEDNICK AND WAFAA SHURAFA |
Israel's decision to take over Gaza City was met with resignation and defiance by Palestinians who have survived two years of war and repeated raids. Many Israelis responded with fear and anger, worried it could be a death sentence for hostages held in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday that Israel would intensify its 22-month war with Hamas by taking over Gaza City, large parts of which have been destroyed by past bombardment and ground incursions.
A major ground operation is almost sure to cause more mass displacement and worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. |
BY JEREMY ROEBUCK, MOLLY HENNESSY-FISKE AND YVONNE WINGETT SANCHEZ |
Texas GOP leaders hailed the FBI's apparent willingness to help them track down the more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who have left the state amid a messy redistricting fight, calling it a necessary step to end a standoff that has ground state politics to a halt.
But a day after Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said that FBI Director Kash Patel had assigned agents in San Antonio and Austin to assist Texas law enforcement in the effort, it was unclear what steps they were taking, if any.
The FBI has not confirmed Cornyn's statement. And a person familiar with the situation said the bureau had not deployed any significant resources. As of Friday morning, state and local law enforcement had made no official requests for assistance, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational details. |
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