Ohio's Republican-drawn congressional map was rejected by the state's high court Friday, giving

The commission was unable to strike bipartisan compromise earlier and had disbanded.... The maps that emerge in the coming months will shape the balance of power in Washington for years to come. O’Connor, who is 70, must leave the court at year’s end due to age limits.... Hers was considered a pivotal opinion on the 4-3 Republican-majority court....

18 and provide an explanation of how it calculated the partisan fairness of the new boundaries.... Friday’s ruling is a major victory for state and national Democrats and their allies who had invested greatly in overturning the maps and thwarting Republican gains for the next decade.... It could also make it harder for Republicans to retake control of the U.S. House this fall....

legislature to keep its newly drawn congressional maps after a previous federal court ruling found that the

The court ordered the seven-member panel to reconvene and pass “ entirely new ” maps that meet constitutional requirements by June 3.... A combination of Republican foot-dragging and legal wrangling has extended redistricting well into the 2022 election season and completely stymied Ohio’s legislative primaries.... It was not immediately clear how the conflicting court proclamations would unfold, given that the federal court was set to act Friday and the state court process now extends a week

Democrats have vowed retribution in states where they control district boundaries. The proposal put forward last week by Texas Republicans could potentially eliminate five Democratic US House seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.... With solid majorities in both state legislative chambers, Republicans have a glide path to delivering on Trump’s wishes. States typically redraw congressional district boundaries once every 10 years following the release of updated population data from the United States

Democrats had faced a June 30 state constitutional deadline to enact a new map or risk a process that would have given Republicans a 50-50 chance to take control of the map.... Democratic legislative leaders have ordered the General Assembly to return to special session on Tuesday to modify their maps now that census data is available.... 12 — far past the June 30 state mapping deadline. Democratic lawmakers approved the new boundaries at the end of May and Democratic Gov....

Winning numbers were drawn for the$ 1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot Friday evening. The winning

WhatsApp Facebook Twitter Email Messenger KUWAIT CITY, Nov 1: MP Hamdan Al-Azmi has submitted grilling motions against Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali and Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Essa Al-Salman.... Al-Azmi cited an example of administrative violation — promoting employees at DGCA only because they are loyal to the director general of the directorate; thereby, negatively affecting the deserving employees who were disregarded in the promotion.... Commenting on th

GOP strategist Doug Heye of the campaigns’ Trump hires....