A panel of federal judges on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a seat to Republicans, as part of a multi-state redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 midterms. The map targets the state’s only swing seat, currently held by Democratic Rep. Don Davis. The 1st District has been
Small toy people figures in front of displayed North Carolina district maps in this illustration taken on Aug. 13, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters A three-judge panel ruled on Nov. 23 that North Carolina can move forward with its redrawn congressional map that aims to give the GOP an extra seat in the House in the midterm
Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn attends a campaign event in Nashville on Nov. 13, 2025. George Walker IV/AP Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps are running neck and neck in the Dec. 2 special election for Tennessee’s Seventh Congressional District seat, according to a new poll released on Nov 26. An Emerson College
California Union Leader David Huerta was arrested and charged with obstructing federal officers in Los Angeles on June 6, 2025. U.S. DOJ California union leader David Huerta pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of obstructing federal immigration officers during a protest in Los Angeles in June. Huerta, 58, said he received an outpouring of support
The Trump administration plans to deploy another 500 members of the National Guard to the streets of Washington, D.C., Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday, hours after two service members were shot a few blocks away from the White House. President Trump ordered the additional deployment, Hegseth told reporters in the Dominican Republic, where he was
Democratic congressional candidate Tennessee State Rep. Aftyn Behn attends a campaign event during the special election for the 7th district on Nov. 13, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP Democrats see a rare chance to cut into the Republicans’ edge in a deep-red Tennessee district next week, turning a normally quiet election into a
After being deported from Minnesota last week, a young mother says she’s back in Honduras without her 8-month-old child. Kimberlyn Yaritza Menjivar Aguilar, 22, lived in St. Cloud with her partner. They moved to South Dakota shortly before having a child in March. In a Zoom conversation translated from Spanish to English from her parents’