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Newsom hails California redistricting package as chance to ‘fight back’ against Republican gerrymandering – US politics live  The Guardian Gavin Newsom thanks you for your attention to redistricting  CNN Your first look inside Newsom’s campaign-in-waiting  Politico Speaker Johnson vows to fight California Democrats’ ‘illegal power grab’  The Hill To counter Texas, California lawmakers take up plan to redraw congressional districts  Los Angeles Times Source link

The Gavinmander: How We Would Rate the New California Democratic Map if Voters Approve It – Sabato’s Crystal Ball  Center For Politics Gavin Newsom thanks you for your attention to redistricting  CNN California kicks off sprint to redraw House districts for Democrats  The Washington Post Speaker Johnson vows to fight California Democrats’ ‘illegal power grab’  The Hill 5 things to know about Gavin Newsom’s …

Kevin Green walked his dog near the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline Sunday morning and, like many residents of New Orleans this weekend, thought about the squandered promise of Mayor LaToya Cantrell. A neighborhood activist turned anti-establishment politician, Cantrell once seemed like a breath of fresh air for New Orleans, said Green, a retired police officer who grew up in Gert Town …

Vappie and his lawyers have not issued a comment.  The indictment emerged after a lengthy corruption investigation that overshadowed her final term as mayor, which ends in January. Together, she and Vappie face 18 felony accounts, including conspiracy, wire fraud, obstruction of justice, false statements and false statements before a grand jury.  Over a year ago, shortly after retiring from …

A federal grand jury on Friday indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and New Orleans Police Department officer Jeffrey Vappie on criminal charges, alleging they defrauded the city by pursuing a personal relationship while Vappie was on duty. Together, Cantrell and Vappie face 18 felony counts, including conspiracy, wire fraud, obstruction of justice, false statements and false statements before a …

Randy Farrell, center, the New Orleans electrician accused of bribing Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her chief administrative officer in efforts to cover up a sweeping fraud scheme, leaves the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans with his attorney, Richard T. Simmons, Jr., right, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune) Source link

When the director of the National Institutes of Health this week said funding for the development of mRNA vaccines – the backbone of Covid vaccines – was being wound down because they had failed to “earn public trust”, it was met, publicly and privately, with exasperated incredulity. Critics say few have done more than Jay Bhattacharya and other top health …

California governor Gavin Newsom says the state will draw new electoral maps after Donald Trump “missed” a deadline on Tuesday night in an ongoing redistricting battle between Democratic and Republican states. “DONALD ‘TACO’ TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, ‘MISSED’ THE DEADLINE!!!”, Newsom’s office wrote on social media. “CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE ‘BEAUTIFUL MAPS,’ THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS …

Earlier this summer, Republican lawmakers gathered around Donald Trump and applauded as he sat before a desk outside the White House and put his signature on what he calls his “one, big, beautiful bill”. But there were few claps for Mike Flood this week when the Republican congressman appeared before an auditorium of his Nebraska constituents to extol the tax …

Sydney Sweeney, the 27-year-old actress who rose to fame with roles in the hit HBO series Euphoria and The White Lotus, isn’t known for making political statements. True, she has signaled support for Black Lives Matter, women’s reproductive rights, and LGBTQ representation in media, but these have been fairly boilerplate statements, sometimes caveated with the reminder that she prefers not …