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Tennessee Republicans pass map splitting Memphis as Cohen vows lawsuit
House votes 64-25 to split majority-Black 9th District. Cohen says he will sue in state court on First Amendment timing grounds.
Tennessee Republicans set Thursday vote on map that splits Memphis into three districts
Tennessee Republicans were due to vote Thursday on a congressional map that would split Memphis into three districts and end the state's only Democratic House seat, days after the Supreme Court's Callais ruling.
Trump motorcade arrives in Beijing as Xi summit goes ahead through Iran war
Armoured Secret Service vehicles spotted on Beijing highways and four C-17s already on the ground signal that the May 14 Trump-Xi summit is on track, even as US forces remain engaged against Iran.
Stanford's Fingar calls Trump tariff policy a complete failure ahead of Xi summit
Former US Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Fingar told the Shanghai Forum that the Trump tariff regime has missed every stated goal. Refunds of $166bn loom as the Supreme Court ruling bites.
Federal court order halts White House ballroom as Republicans push $1bn taxpayer top-up
A federal court order barring above-ground construction of Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom remains in force, with the DC Circuit set to hear the administration's appeal in mid-June. Senate Republicans have moved separately to inject $1 billion of taxpayer money into the project's security perimeter.
Republican-led states race to redraw maps after Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act
Republican legislators in Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee moved this week to redraw their congressional maps after a Supreme Court decision hollowed a core provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The moves could yield Republicans an additional dozen House seats before November.
FBI raids Virginia state senator Louise Lucas's office and cannabis store in corruption probe
FBI agents executed a search warrant on Wednesday at the Portsmouth office and a marijuana retailer co-owned by Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, weeks after she helped lead a successful Democratic redistricting effort.
Lutnick faces House panel on Epstein ties as Trump cabinet record falls under scrutiny
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick became the first sitting Trump cabinet official to sit for a transcribed interview with House Oversight investigators looking into Jeffrey Epstein. Chairman James Comer said Lutnick was not fully truthful about the extent of his contact.
Indiana primaries become first big test of Trump's grip on the GOP
Voters in Indiana cast ballots on Tuesday in a state Senate primary that has become the first concrete test of Donald Trump's ability to discipline Republicans who defy him, after seven sitting state senators became targets of presidential endorsements over a redistricting fight they had blocked in December.
Powell hands divided Fed to Warsh as 'integrity' speech caps tumultuous chairmanship
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, in what was almost certainly his last press conference at the helm, said 'integrity is priceless' and warned the Trump administration's 'illegal attacks' on the Fed risked compromising monetary policy. He will stay on the Board of Governors after his May 15 term ends.
