The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday it was investigating allegations that a high school teacher in the Denver school district required students of the same sex to kiss in front of a class and a district in Washington state displayed vials of testosterone in a Pride month exhibit. The department said it will probe … Read more
Lawmakers in Georgia’s House of Representatives say they are holding off on redrawing Georgia’s legislative maps during Wednesday’s special legislative session. In a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp obtained by CBS News Atlanta, House Speaker John Burns, House Speaker Pro-Tem Jan Jones, House Majority Leader Chuck Efstration, and other Republican leaders say that they will … Read more
After a lengthy tallying process, the initial results of California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s plan to edge out up to five House Republicans are in. All five districts that were substantially redrawn after the passage of California’s Proposition 50 initiative to give Democrats an advantage were on the ballot in the state’s primaries on June 2. … Read more
The ballots are set in two Republican-held battleground House races in Iowa, part of a slate of primaries Tuesday shaping the battle for control of Congress in the fall. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. As far as the primaries were concerned, there wasn’t much suspense … Read more
A frenzied redistricting effort ahead of the November elections has reshaped congressional voting districts for millions of Americans — and it isn’t over yet. Since President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts last year, Republicans in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida and Tennessee also have enacted new maps that could help … Read more
Trump warns US is ‘finished’ if Democrats control Congress The Democratic National Committee releases its long-hidden 192-page post-mortem on the 2024 election, which blames former President Biden for Kamala Harris’s loss. Commentators James Klug and Elizabeth Pipko criticize the report for ignoring Biden’s cognitive decline. They argue the Democratic Party refuses to acknowledge its problems, … Read more
Republicans had hoped the new map would help the GOP flip a key congressional seat. Source link
Republicans are rushing to redraw congressional districts to their advantage ahead of the midterm elections following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened minority protections under the federal Voting Rights Act. In a matter of just weeks, new U.S. House districts already have been enacted in Tennessee and Alabama and have cleared at least … Read more
A lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of students and community organizations in Massachusetts argues the state is illegally maintaining schools that are racially segregated, concentrating Black and Latino students in high-poverty districts with fewer opportunities. The lawsuit challenges the state’s practice of assigning students to schools based solely on where they live, which can lead … Read more
Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie has won the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District, NBC News projects — the first contested result in key Pennsylvania races that could decide control of the House. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Much of the attention in Tuesday’s … Read more