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Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. As much as Pakistan debates this simple fact, the most hard-hitting acceptance has come from one of its most trusted allies and the biggest superpower, ...

WASHINGTON – California can use a congressional map drawn to give Democrats an advantage in this year’s midterm elections, the Supreme Court said Feb. 4 in a decision that will make it harder for ...

Lawyers for the state of California on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to leave in place a new congressional map intended to give Democrats five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Matthew Klein, an analyst at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, breaks down the proposed Texas and California redistricting maps for the 2026 midterm elections and what it means for the balance of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year's elections to be held under the state's congressional redistricting plan favorable to the ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appealed a ruling that blocked the state from using a voting map designed to give Republicans an advantage in next year's midterm elections. Support NPR and hear every ...

A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday blocked Texas from using a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional seats in the 2026 midterm elections, ruling 2 ...

A federal court blocked Texas from using its redrawn congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections, ordering the map used for the 2022 and 2024 elections to be used next November. The 2-1 ruling of ...

The 'Taxi Driver' screenwriter also says AI might make for superior film criticism: "AI doesn't favor anybody." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Paul Schrader is defending the use of AI in creating ...