The expected flood of new congressional maps is likely to produce fewer competitive districts, fewer ways for voters to hold elected officials accountable and more polarized politics.The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act could unleash another redistricting arms race.
The Louisiana secretary of state said the House primary election would be delayed after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional. The Senate primary will go forward on May 16.Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana, a Republican, outside the White House in 2025. Mr. Landry is weigh
Black Democrats in the South already face steep challenges when seeking political office. But the Supreme Court’s ruling could be felt for a generation.Evan Turnage, a former congressional aide, recently challenged the veteran Democratic lawmaker Bennie Thompson in a Mississippi district vulnerable
Also, Maine’s governor bows out of a crucial Senate race. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
The agency said staff members who had been let go or placed on administrative leave were now needed to prepare for hurricanes and the World Cup.Former Homeland Security Kristi Noem during a visit to FEMA headquarters in Washington in January.
In naming only an interim successor as acting attorney general, President Trump has established even greater incentives to execute his most extreme demands, current and former officials say.Todd Blanche, who is seeking to become the permanent attorney general, is currently examining a range of other
The defense secretary testified on the eve of the 60-day mark of the war, a major statutory deadline for the president to withdraw forces or seek approval from Congress to continue the fight.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified for the second straight day on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
The secretary was also questioned over civilian deaths, an accusation of antisemitic remarks and women in combat.Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island and the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, during a hearing with the defense secretary on Thursday.
If President Trump flies to China as planned in May, the primary topic will clearly be the rippling economic effects of a war that Beijing has made clear it viewed as unnecessary.A mural in Tehran last week showing Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz. China imports about a third of its oil and gas
The Lebanese militant group is attacking Israeli troops with explosive drones controlled by fiber-optic cables, like those commonly used in the war in Ukraine.An Israeli military artillery unit on the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon on Thursday.
Royal watchers in Britain called the visit of King Charles III to America a master class in understated criticism.President Trump with King Charles III at the White House on Tuesday.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla had a ceremonial farewell at the White House before attending a block party in Front Royal, Va.The president and the first lady bidding farewell to King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Thursday.
In this sequel, Andy (Anne Hathaway) and Miranda (Meryl Streep) encounter a series of crises that set the stage for a larger, existential catastrophe.
Voters who watched Gov. Janet Mills struggle to gain traction in the Democratic Senate primary said they were unsurprised — and in many cases, ready — to see her exit.Voters who had watched Gov. Janet Mills, right, a Democrat, struggle to gain traction in the race said they were largely unsurprised.
Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and minority leader, considered the Maine governor his top recruit for winning the majority. Critics said her collapse showed he is out of touch with the party’s voters.Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, at the Capitol la
An inmate said he discovered the note after Mr. Epstein was found injured in his jail cell, weeks before his death. It’s now locked in a courthouse.
Two victims of Jeffrey Epstein will testify at the State Capitol next week in support of a bill that would enable them to seek punitive damages from his estate.Senator Zellnor Myrie is pushing a bill to make it possible for victims of Jeffrey Epstein to seek punitive damages from Mr. Epstein’s estat
The Trump administration wants President Claudia Sheinbaum to arrest a Mexican governor. She is faced with few good options in response.President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico could arrest one of her party allies, the governor of Sinaloa state, and extradite him to the United States, or defy the U.S.
In the 1960s, she invited an audience to cut off her clothes. As attacks on women’s rights escalate, “Cut Piece” and other decades-old works of feminist art feel more relevant than ever.
Amnesty International said about 1,500 people have been detained by the military for three months and that many of those who have died from disease and starvation have been children.Soldiers patrolling in a village in Kwara State, Nigeria, in February. The state has seen a surge in violent attacks i
One of Elon Musk’s abiding fears is that A.I. could one day threaten humans. But the jurors deciding his suit against OpenAI probably won’t hear about it.Elon Musk returned to the witness stand in federal court for a third day on Thursday in what is expected to be a monthlong trial.
Wildlife experts have been tracking the Steller sea lion since he appeared last month at a popular tourist spot near the end of Fisherman’s Wharf.
A Democratic vision of the Tea Party is emerging.
Confronting the weirdness of a Waymo future.
