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The ruling allows next year’s midterm elections to be held under the state’s congressional redistricting plan favourable to Republicans, despite lower courts rejecting the effort.

Proposition 50, backed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, is designed to help Democrats flip as many as 5 congressional House seats in the midterm elections next year.

The lawsuit targets the new congressional map pushed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in response to a similar Republican-led effort in Texas backed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Former U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in the House of Representatives for nearly 40 years, announced her decision Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill late Wednesday night, effectively ending the record 43-day U.S. government shutdown.

In New York City, Zohran Mamdani, 34, won the mayoral race, capping a meteoric rise from an anonymous state lawmaker to one of the country's most visible Democratic figures.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House's conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act. Her cousin's disabled son is at risk of losing the insurance he gained under that law, the caller said.

The Supreme Court’s order puts the 2-1 ruling blocking the map on hold at least until after the high court issues a final decision in the case.

President Trump and Greg Abbott want to redraw the Texas congressional map in the hopes of adding five more Republican seats in time for the upcoming midterm elections.

The Texas map drafted in rare mid-decade redistricting prompted fierce protests from Democrats and sparked a gerrymandering tug-of-war for voters in states across the country.

Speaking in a social media post, United States President Donald Trump says he plans to "get rid of" both mail-in balloting and voting machines via executive orders.

Texas Democratic lawmakers, vastly outnumbered in that state’s legislature, delayed approval of the new map by 15 days by fleeing Texas earlier this month in protest.

Gavin Newsom wrote on X Thursday, 'Donald Trump and Greg Abbott are going to have a very bad day today.'

Democratic leaders say they will return for a second special legislative session after seeing California Democratic leaders proceed with plans to redraw their own U.S. House maps.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered Texas Rangers to investigate the "delinquent" House Democrats and accused them of bribery, among other legal violations.

A battle over future control of the U.S. House of Representatives has spilled out of Texas into the rest of the country, with experts warning of a 'slippery slope.'

Trump is six months into his second term, but some Republicans are ready to elevate him into the pantheon of American greats.

State Rep. Nicole Collier refused to sign so-called 'permission slips,' which allow her to leave the building under surveillance, and called them an attack on her dignity.

The issue of supply management for dairy farmers might end up being an issue both sides are unwilling to move on. Most Canadian politicians seem staunchly in support of the policy.

The announcement from Musk comes after President Donald Trump signed a tax-cut and spending bill into law on Friday, which the Tesla CEO firmly opposed.