Virginia Democrats ask Supreme Court to reinstate blocked congressional map

Washington — Virginia Democrats asked the Supreme Court on Monday to restore its new voter-approved congressional map that aimed to give Democrats an edge in the upcoming midterm elections, days after it was blocked by the state’s highest court. In a bid for emergency relief, the state Democratic leaders urged the Supreme Court to pause

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Thin Blue Line Trash’: Graham Platner Smeared Maine Police Chief Who Didn’t Kneel at Black Lives Matter Protest About George Floyd

Graham Platner Smeared Cops as ‘Trash’ and ‘Authoritarian Bullies’ in Deleted Reddit Posts BLM protest (WABI), Graham Platner (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images) Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D.) called a small-town Maine police chief “trash” for refusing to take a knee in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters, and referred to other police officers as “authoritarian

Trump Says He’ll Bring Up Jimmy Lai and Jailed Pastor in Meeting With China’s Xi

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by lawmakers and health care professionals, speaks to reporters during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 11, 2026. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on May 11 that he plans to raise the cases of media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai and pastor