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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 …

Judge orders new map that could give Democrats another House seat — in Utah  The Washington Post Utah judge orders new congressional maps for 2026 in another redistricting twist  NBC News Judge rules Utah’s congressional map must be redrawn for the 2026 elections  AP News Judge Rules Utah Must Redraw Its Congressional Map, Frustrating Republicans  The New York Times Utah judge strikes down Republicans’ …

SACRAMENTO — California Republicans again asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to block Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan from the November ballot, arguing that the hastily assembled initiative violates the state Constitution. In a 432-page lawsuit, Republican lawmakers said the effort by Democrats to unwind the state’s nonpartisan congressional districts is a violation of Californians’ rights to fair and nonpartisan electoral …

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future after the Trump administration abruptly halted construction, and the states’ Democratic governors, lawmakers and union workers called Monday for the president to reverse course. The administration said last week that the federal government needs to review the Revolution …

Trump threatens to sue California over redistricting plan favoring Democrats  The Washington Post 5 things to know about California’s special election on redistricting  The Hill Newsom signs California redistricting measures in response to Texas bill  Axios Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Ready To Take On Gavin Newsom  Vanity Fair How California bluffed its way into a redistricting war with Trump  Politico Source link

As Democratic state lawmakers last week briefed their colleagues on measures ending or cinching tax loopholes and breaks as part of an effort to plug a roughly $750 million hole in the state budget, they kept repeating a variation of the same line: We could be doing more. “This is not good tax policy,” state Rep. Emily Sirota, D-Denver, told …

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. When Texas House Democrats returned to the Capitol after walking out over the GOP’s new congressional map, they …

After Trump’s Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back  The New York Times ‘Chicago will not waver’: Johnson, Pritzker respond to reports Pentagon plans military deployment to Chicago  FOX 32 Chicago Illinois leaders speak out on Washington Post report President Donald Trump preparing to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago  ABC7 Chicago Pritzker calls Trump’s statements on National Guard deployment …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are decrying what they say is a lack of new records in the Jeffrey Epstein files that the Justice Department provided to the panel Friday. “Only 3% of the documents given to the Oversight Committee are new. The rest are already in the public domain. Less than 1% of files …

Justice Dept. Sent Congress Epstein Files That Were Already Public, Democrats Say  The New York Times Epstein files raise more questions than answers, top House Democrat says  The Washington Post ‘Keeping it totally open’: Trump says he supports Justice Department sending Epstein files to House Oversight panel  CNN Why the Epstein drama isn’t going away anytime soon  Politico Trump signals he ‘couldn’t care less’ …