Republicans are charging ahead in the nation’s redistricting race, and showing new bullishness after months of growing midterm fears.Democrats are still widely favored to win control of the House in the November midterm elections, but Republicans have gained a new structural edge through their redis
Four states are considering drawing new maps in the coming weeks. Another dozen or more could join the fray next year.The state capitol buildings of, from left, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. All four states are seeking to redraw maps.
The “majority-minority” House districts struck down by the Supreme Court last week sent a surge of Black and Hispanic lawmakers to Congress. They also opened opportunities for the G.O.P.The new congressional map of Tennessee is displayed during a House committee meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.State Senator Charlane Oliver had a banner pulled from her hands as the Tennessee General Assembly gave approval to a congressional map intended to eliminate the state’s lone Democratic-held district.
The landlocked body of water has taken on new significance, with Russia shipping military and commercial goods to bolster Tehran’s ability to withstand the U.S. assault.A woman walks along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran. The Caspian has emerged as a key
Taiwan, one of the world’s biggest plastic users, is facing supply disruptions caused by the war in Iran. The crunch is already trickling down into everyday life.People use more plastic in Taiwan than almost anywhere else in the world. The average person uses at least one new plastic shopping bag a
Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to run them.China’s leader, Xi Jinping, during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in 2025 in Beijing.
A staff member on the House China Committee was promised $10,000 for U.S. policy insights, on issues like Venezuela and rare-earth minerals.The outreach appears to provide a vivid portrait of how Beijing’s spy services seek to gain access to information from within the corridors of power in Washingt
The war in Iran, trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda. But expectations are modest.President Trump meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Busan, South Korea, in 2025.
The country’s exports surged and its trade surplus with the United States widened ahead of President Trump’s scheduled visit next week to Beijing.At the Beijing auto show in April, which featured hundreds of electric cars. Chinese electric vehicles are being exported in record numbers.
The Trump administration’s focus on the show is testament to the enduring influence of an old-fashioned broadcast TV program started 29 years ago.The hosts of ABC’s “The View,” from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
The event, shrunken because of security fears, adds to a sense that Moscow and other Russian cities can no longer be insulated from the war.Russia’s Victory Day military parade on Saturday in Moscow. The parade, in Red Square, included none of its usual muscle-flexing missiles and armor.
The number raises the prospect that about half a million soldiers in total have died on the Russian and Ukrainian sides.Fresh graves of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine at a cemetery in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia, in February.
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The plane suffered an engine fire but was safely evacuated. Details were not available about the person the Frontier Airlines pilots said was hit.A Frontier Airlines plane at Denver International Airport this month.
Results from municipal and regional elections signaled major gains for the right-wing populist Reform U.K. and steep losses for Labour.British Prime Minister and Labour leader Keir Starmer in London on Friday.
Peter Magyar, the incoming prime minister, has promised to push out “puppets of the old regime.” Many are jumping first.Peter Magyar, the former opposition leader, last month in Budapest.
Former passengers on the MV Hondius say that the ship was made for wildlife expeditions and that the crew took safety very seriously.The MV Hondius off the port of Praia, Cape Verde, on Sunday. Passengers on the ship showed symptoms of the hantavirus, and some died.
