Trump administration sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats

The Trump administration moved Thursday to join a Republican-led legal challenge to California’s effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, throwing the full ...

Judge adopts Utah congressional map that creates a Democrat-leaning district for 2026

A Utah judge on Monday rejected the new congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers, adopting an alternate proposal that creates a Democrat-leaning district ahead of the the 2026 midterm elections ...

‘A new arms race’: Satellite images, maps and records reveal huge surge in China’s missile production sites

China has undertaken a massive expansion of sites linked to missile production since 2020, bolstering its ability to potentially deter the US military and assert its dominance in the region, a new CNN ...

Doctors say they’re ‘measurably closer’ to making pig kidneys work for humans

Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.

Stunning map of ancient roads will give you a good reason to think about the Roman Empire more often

The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of previously unknown routes.
Opinion

Trump’s 2026 redistricting scheme could wind up hurting democracy more than Democrats

President Donald Trump marched the nation into a historic redistricting arms race with his brazen move to get red states to draw as many new GOP-leaning districts as possible.

Tracking states’ unprecedented redistricting efforts

So far, Republicans have enacted new maps in four states for a potential net gain of four seats. A new map in California could flip five seats for Democrats.

Zohran Mamdani’s historic NYC win, in three maps

Zohran Mamdani won Tuesday’s election for mayor of New York City, leading former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo by nearly 9 percentage points so far. See how Mamdani did in precincts across the city.

California will approve Prop 50, the redistricting push to create more Democrat-friendly US House districts, CNN projects

California voters will approve Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to redraw the state’s congressional maps, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, boosting the national Democratic Party’s efforts to win control of the ...

Newsom says Democrats’ Tuesday wins, including Prop 50, represent ‘a new moment’ for party

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Democrats’ sweeping election victory on Tuesday, including the approval of a redistricting ballot measure in his state, “represents a new moment” for the Democratic ...

This whole referendum in California is kind of complicated. Here’s what residents are voting on

Proposition 50 would allow California Democrats to replace the state’s congressional maps with ones the party hopes will help them to flip five GOP-held seats.

Ohio panel and Virginia lawmakers move forward with congressional redistricting plans

The move comes as President Donald Trump has been urging Republican-led states to reshape their US House districts in an attempt to win more seats.