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California Assembly member Sade Elhawary, D-Los Angeles, celebrates after the Assembly approved the first of three measures to redraw the state’s Congressional districts and put new maps before voters in a special election, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Gov. Newsom signs legislation calling for special election on redrawn congressional map

August 21, 2025 at 7:02 p.m.

California voters will decide in a November special election whether to approve a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats next year.

U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro, right, speaks to protesters gather in the rotunda outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol as lawmakers debate a redrawn U.S. congressional map in Texas during a special, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections

August 20, 2025 at 8:31 p.m.

Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.

FILE – A voter drops off their ballot at a dropbox on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Trump vows to change how elections are run. The US Constitution doesn’t give him that power

August 18, 2025 at 3:52 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do...

Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, listens as President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

With Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories, President Donald Trump faces a crisis of his own making

July 15, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

As his supporters erupt over the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation, President Donald Trump’s strategy has been to downplay the issue.

FILE – The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Judge briefly blocks immigrants’ deportation to South Sudan, but legal path eventually cleared

July 5, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

Despite a federal judge briefly halting deportations of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan, he and a second judge eventually cleared the way for the Trump administration to relocate the...

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

President Donald Trump signs his tax and spending cut bill at the White House July 4 picnic

July 4, 2025 at 6:28 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed his package of tax breaks and spending cuts into law Friday after his cajoling produced almost unanimous Republican support in Congress for the domestic priority that...

FILE – President Donald Trump, left, greets justices of the Supreme Court, from left, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, before addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers

May 18, 2025 at 9:14 a.m.

Those in power in the nation’s capital are thinking about the consequences of defying judges as the battle between the Trump administration and the courts escalates.

FILE – Harmeet Dhillon walks through a hallway after talking to reporters at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump’s elections order, memo says

May 3, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

A new mission statement for the Justice Department unit that upholds voting rights shows it's being redirected toward prioritizing President Donald Trump's executive order on elections.

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission, during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Americans see more overreach from the president than from judges, an AP-NORC poll finds

May 2, 2025 at 7:51 a.m.

As President Donald Trump faces significant pushback from federal judges, a new poll shows U.S. adults are more likely to believe the president is the one overstepping his power rather...

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century wartime law

May 1, 2025 at 11:35 a.m.

A federal judge barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.

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