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Democrats seize on Utah in redistricting war  Politico Utah to proceed with redrawing map that could help Dems, despite pressure from Trump  The Washington Post Judge rules Utah’s congressional map must be redrawn for the 2026 elections  CNN Trump attacks Utah’s anti-gerrymandering ruling  Axios Trump lashes out at Utah redistricting ruling  yahoo.com Source link

Trump and Democrats Float Unusual Midterm Conventions  The New York Times Trump floats an unusual Republican National Convention before the midterms  The Washington Post Scoop: Democrats weigh mini-convention before 2026 midterms  Axios Trump suggests hosting pre-midterm GOP convention  Politico DNC says it’s considering large gathering ahead of 2026 midterms  The Hill Source link

Patty Murray, the Washington senator, has called for the Trump administration to provide “immediate answers” about reports that two firefighters were detained by border agents as they were responding to a wildfire in the state. Federal immigration authorities on Wednesday staged an operation on the scene of the Bear Gulch fire, a nearly 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) blaze in the Olympic national …

Democrats press GOP leaders for meeting as shutdown looms  Politico Democratic leaders push to reverse Trump cuts in government shutdown fight  Axios 7 reasons a government shutdown is likely this fall  The Hill Another federal shutdown threat looms as Congress heads back to DC  Military Times The Calm Before the Return of the Congressional Storm  Bloomberg.com Source link

Another Democratic councilmember, Brianne Nadeau, of Ward 1, posted on X that “DC is under siege” from the federal government, with “armed military patrolling our streets & masked agents scooping up neighbors & taking them away.” “Our residents are afraid, hesitant to go out & to work, angry that our limited autonomy is being eroded. There is nothing welcome about …

Iowa Democrats haven’t had much to cheer in recent years. But a string of strong performances in special legislative elections this year — vastly outdoing 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ results in all of them — are fueling hope that the party could flip some major Republican-held offices in next year’s midterm elections. Democrats had already expressed excitement about …

Facebook Tweet Email Link In redrawing their congressional maps, Democrats in California and Republicans in Texas are making the same bet: Things won’t get much worse for them in next year’s midterm elections than they were in 2024. Both states’ legislatures last week approved new maps aimed at adding up to five more favorable US House districts for the parties …

Iowa Democrats scored a significant victory Tuesday by flipping a Republican seat in a special election and breaking the GOP supermajority in the state Senate. Catelin Drey won the Sioux City-area district with 55% of the vote to Republican opponent Christopher Prosch’s 44%, according to unofficial results with all precincts reporting. Democrats will now hold 17 seats in the Senate, …

A new move by a Utah judge ordering the Legislature to redraw its congressional maps is the latest turn in an ongoing saga over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.  And this latest development could help Democrats.  Back in 2018, Utah voters narrowly passed a ballot measure known as Proposition 4. The effort focused on bringing about an independent …

WASHINGTON (AP) — JB Pritzker took a water taxi along the Chicago Riverwalk, past one of Donald Trump’s famous downtown towers. The gleaming and heavily trafficked tourist district was a deliberate backdrop on the day the Illinois governor directed a defiant message toward the White House: “Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed …