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Supreme Court sides with New York Republican in congressional redistricting fight

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Republican representative from New York challenging a congressional redistricting effort in a decision she said “helps restore the public’s confidence in our judicial system.”  Over the dissent of the court’s three liberal justices, the conservative majority halted a state … Read more

Trump officials likely to be pressed on Iran specifics during congressional briefings this week

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Trump administration officials will likely face questions about specific details on the military operations in Iran this week when they head to Capitol Hill to brief Congress. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis has more. Source link

Tejano music star boosted by late outside spending for his Texas congressional campaign

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A famous Tejano musician running as a Democrat in a conservative Texas congressional district has been boosted by close to $1 million in outside spending from a moderate political operation while he faces a primary questioning his credentials on the left. The amount being spent by Blue Dog Action’s political arm to support Democratic candidate … Read more

Vance says America ‘cannot give power back to congressional Democrats’ following their behavior at SOTU

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the Democrats’ behavior during the State of the Union address this week “showed us that we cannot give power back to congressional Democrats” in the midterm elections this November.  Vance, speaking during a visit to a machining facility in Plover, Wis., … Read more

FBI’s head of congressional affairs stepping down, sources say

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Marshall Yates, who led the FBI’s congressional affairs office, is departing from the bureau, multiple sources told CBS News. Yates, a former Capitol Hill staffer, last year served as one of the FBI’s representatives on the Interagency Weaponization Working Group, which is composed of dozens of government officials from at least 12 different government offices … Read more

Federal court refuses to block new Utah congressional voting map that may favor Democrats

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal court ruling Monday has essentially locked in a new Utah congressional redistricting map that would create a Democrat-heavy Salt Lake City-based seat, potentially flipping one of Utah’s Republican-held U.S. House seats. A special three-judge federal panel is allowing a revised congressional redistricting map in Utah … Read more

Utah’s Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn congressional map with Democratic-leaning district

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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Supreme Court rejected on Friday an appeal by Republican lawmakers and left in place a congressional map that gives Democrats a high chance of picking up one of the state’s four Republican-held U.S. House seats in the fall. In the order signed by Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant, the court … Read more

Federal court clears way for Utah’s new congressional map to take effect

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A three-judge panel declined to block Utah’s new congressional map on Monday, ruling that Republicans’ challenge to the court-ordered district lines was unlikely to succeed and that it was too close to the election to change the map. The map puts most of Salt Lake City into one district, making it likely Democrats will pick … Read more