POLITICS

Transportation committee Republicans question Biden request to guarantee federal government pay all costs in rebuilding the span without knowing the price tag. There are two recovery efforts in Baltimore Harbor: the urgent one below the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the methodical “pay-and-chase” one unfolding in Congress and, eventually, in courtrooms around the world.

Non-black voters fought the redistricting plan which added an extra black-majority district, saying it was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The Supreme Court voted on May 15 to direct Louisiana to use a disputed congressional map that creates a second black-majority district in the state in upcoming elections. Opponents of the redistricting plan said it discriminates

PHOENIX, Ariz—Matthew Martinez bounded from map to map, a broad smile on his face. He pointed out important areas of Arizona and Wisconsin—“super chase” jurisdictions scattered throughout the two battleground states. Behind him, a few other Turning Point Action staffers were working at a bank of computers. In the organization’s Phoenix headquarters, the workforce skewed

Five election integrity bills, in all, now head to the House floor. A House committee advanced four bills aimed at reducing the influence of foreign and domestic money in U.S. politics to the full chamber. On May 15, the House Ways & Means Committee recommended bills concerning where nonprofit organizations get their money, how they

The bill is opposed by Washington officials and the White House, who say it encroaches on the district’s autonomy. The House of Representatives on May 15 passed a bill that would prohibit District of Columbia authorities from making changes to penalties for criminal offenses. The D.C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe (D.C. CRIMES)