If there is a silver lining in these dark days for American democracy, it is the pressure test that President Trump and his allies are putting on the Constitution. They are revealing loopholes, gaps ...

Many state delegations are already under single-party control. New maps could tighten the partisan grip while decreasing the importance of general elections. By Carl Hulse Reporting from Washington ...

The U.S. is watching a rare redistricting arms race instigated at mid-decade by a president anxious to preserve his party’s ...

When the Texas legislature decided to engage in the reapportionment of congressional districts in the middle of this summer — having just done so in 2020, in response to the nationwide census that ...

When the Texas legislature decided to engage in the reapportionment of congressional districts in the middle of this summer — having just done so in 2020, in response to the nationwide census that ...

Corrected: This piece has been updated to correct the party breakdown of lawmakers who voted for the March 2025 continuing resolution; the party affiliation of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire; ...

The lawmakers, led by a Republican majority, are expected to consider new maps that would help Republicans gain another seat in Congress. They already hold six of the state’s eight congressional seats ...

On Tuesday evening, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced an early adjournment of the chamber, saying there was nothing "time sensitive" to work on. That halted all legislative action until ...

Like most Americans, my ancestors immigrated to the United States to make a better life for themselves and their future families. Six out of eight of my great-grandparents came from Norway. I grew up ...