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Newsom signs California redistricting measures in response to Texas bill  Axios California Democrats approve Newsom’s redistricting plan after Texas House passes GOP-drawn maps  CNN Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas. But since Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering …

It’s been pretty much the exact opposite of sunshine and rainbows ever since Bill Belichick and the Patriots parted ways two January’s ago. New England endured yet another 4-12 season, is onto their second head coach in two years, and enters 2025—even after a free agency spending spree—with a bottom-tier roster in the NFL. Belichick, meanwhile, failed to land a …

The US vice-president, JD Vance, previewed in Georgia on Thursday the lines of attack candidates will use to defend the president’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the midterms next year, calling it “the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen”. Vance touted an increase in the child tax credit, the elimination of taxes on …

Vice President Vance speaks at Alta Refrigeration in Peachtree City, Ga., on Thursday to tout the Trump administration’s sweeping domestic policy agenda signed into law in July. Stephen Fowler/NPR hide caption toggle caption Stephen Fowler/NPR PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Vice President Vance appeared in Georgia Thursday, promoting tax cuts included in President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill signed into law …

There are very real differences between college football and NFL football. As North Carolina coach Bill Belichick is experiencing during his first college training camp, after 50 years in pro football. “We’ve done a lot more live work here than than we ever did in the NFL, at any team I was ever on,” Belichick told reporters on Wednesday. “So …

U.S. President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” after he signed it, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters S&P Global said it expects “meaningful” federal government revenue from President Donald Trump‘s broad tariff policies to “generally offset weaker” revenue expected …

“Not everything that is faced can be changed,” James Baldwin famously explained in 1962, “but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” At the time the late author, who is profiled in a new biography publishing Tuesday, had been talking of a writer’s responsibility to grapple with the real, gritty details of life, racial and structural inequities and all. …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Former Attorney General Bill Barr arrived on Capitol Hill on Monday for a deposition by the House Oversight Committee about matters related to Jeffrey Epstein, the first of 10 high-profile Democratic and Republican witnesses subpoenaed by the committee to testify on the case. The move by the panel comes as the case has roiled the House …

Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund is an estimated eight years away from exhausting its asset reserves, which would trigger sweeping benefit cuts. A fresh analysis from the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Actuary foresees the “big, beautiful bill” modestly exacerbating the program’s cash outflow. However, ongoing demographic changes are the root cause of Social Security’s …