US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday said Democrats are prepared to expand gerrymandering efforts in blue states in response to Republican redistricting moves being encouraged by President Donald Trump, reported news portal Politico.Speaking to CNN’s State of the Union, Jeffries said Democrats have already acted in California after Texas Republicans approved a new […]
SACRAMENTO: The national tit-for-tat redistricting battle entered its next phase Thursday as California Democrats launched their final legislative push to redraw their congressional map to add up to five winnable seats for their party, a direct counter to the Texas House’s approval of a new map to create more conservative-leaning seats in that state. California’s […]
Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, oversees a debate over a redrawn US congressional map in Texas during a special session, in Austin, Texas. (Pictur ecredit: AP) The Texas House passed a controversial mid-decade redistricting plan on Wednesday that could hand Republicans five additional seats in the US House of Representatives, triggering a […]
File photo: California Governor Gavin Newsom (Picture credit: AP) California Republicans have asked the state Supreme Court to block Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan, arguing Democrats are rushing legislation that could add five new Democratic congressional seats to counter Republican gains in Texas.The emergency petition, filed Monday by four Republican lawmakers, claims the plan violates […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) Pro-democracy activists and labor organizations held hundreds of rallies across the United States on Saturday to oppose the Trump administration’s support for Texas to redraw its congressional map in favor of Republicans.Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke spoke at one such event in Texas, where dozens of Democratic lawmakers had left the state to […]
new video loaded: Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls By Annie Karni, Gabriel Blanco, Nikolay Nikolov and Claire Hogan•August 5, 2025 The booing started in seconds at Representative Mike Flood’s town hall in Lincoln, Neb. Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times, reports from the auditorium after the Republican congressman’s […]
Republican lawmakers introduce a new proposal to end H-1B exception for higher education staff. Amid ongoing aspersions against the H-1B visa program, a new Republican proposal was introduced by Rep Tom Tiffany and Rep Andrew Clyde proposing to scrap the H-1B visa exception for higher education staff. Currently, there is a 65,000-person cap for the […]
Long Island Rep. Andrew Garbarino Long Island Republican Congressman Andrew Garbarino is facing heavy criticism after missing the final vote on US President Trump’s major tax legislation, all because he fell asleep during an all-night session in the House.Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on Thursday that Garbarino missed the vote, which passed 215-214, after nodding off […]
Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky (Photo: X) Two Republican lawmakers from Greater Cincinnati broke ranks with their party this week, voting against what US President Donald Trump has dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”.The bill is a sweeping House proposal aimed at reforming taxes, immigration, and federal benefits, reports the […]
Kevin Spacey and Stephen King shocked the Internet with their Epstein takes. While the Donald Trump administration has made it clear that there is no Epstein’s list, the Republicans voted down an attempt by Democrats that would force the administration to release Epstein-related files. The FBI and DOJ tussle continued, though Donald Trump played down […]
