States scramble to redistrict after Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act

States scramble to redistrict after Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act – CBS News Watch CBS News Alabama and Tennessee are the latest states rushing to redraw congressional districts after a Supreme Court ruling that further weakens the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Nikole Killion reports. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%;

Rising oil prices cause political headache for Trump administration

Rising oil prices cause political headache for Trump administration – CBS News Watch CBS News Saturday marked 61 days since the start of the war with Iran, and gas prices continue to soar. Olivia Gazis reports on how rising prices are causing new political issues for President Trump. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before {

3 Ohio Governor Hopefuls Tout Differing Affordability Strategies

Voters fill out their ballots on Election Day in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2023. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images In Ohio’s race for governor, the leading Republican and the unopposed Democrat are focusing on citizens’ affordability concerns—and on the presumed Nov. 3 showdown between the two of them. But as the May 5 primary

Mississippi Democrat on potential redistricting after VRA ruling: ‘We have a fight ahead of us’

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) on Saturday said the likely redistricting efforts that could kick off following the Supreme Court’s ruling against a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana leave Democrats with “a fight ahead of” them. Ahead of what was at the time a looming Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act, Mississippi…