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Alabama

Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to keep GOP-drawn map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed, rejecting the state’s plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were struck down by a lower court. What You Need To Know For the second time in three months, the Supreme Court ruled against […]

Alabama

In a win for Black voters in redistricting case, Alabama to get new congressional lines | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is headed to the first significant revamp of its congressional map in three decades after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s bid to keep using a plan with a single majority-Black district. The decision on Tuesday sets the stage for a new map with greater representation for Black voters […]

Alabama

Court appointee proposes Alabama congressional districts to provide representation to Black voters | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A court-appointed special master on Monday submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama as federal judges oversee the drawing of new lines to provide greater representation for Black voters. The three proposals all create a second district where Black voters comprise a majority of the voting age population or […]

Alaska

Husband of Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola dies in airplane crash | #alaska | #politics

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash, her office said in a statement Wednesday. “We are devastated to share that Mary’s husband, Eugene Peltola Jr. — ′Buzzy’ to all of us who knew and loved him — passed away earlier this morning following a plane accident in Alaska,” her chief of […]

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Alabama asks Supreme Court to intervene in redistricting | #elections | #alabama

Alabama on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional lines in place as the state continues to fight a court order to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it. What You Need To Know Alabama has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let […]

Alabama

Alabama asks US Supreme Court again to intervene in redistricting case | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional lines in place as the state continues to fight a court order to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it. Despite losing at the Supreme Court earlier this year in […]

Alaska

Biden highlights business deals in Vietnam visit | #alaska | #politics

President Joe Biden closed a visit to Vietnam on Monday by spotlighting new business deals and partnerships between the two countries and paying respects at a memorial honoring his late friend and colleague Sen. John McCain, who endured a lengthy imprisonment in Hanoi during the Vietnam War. What You Need To Know President Joe Biden […]

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Federal court strikes down Alabama congressional map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Federal judges said Tuesday that they will draft new congressional lines for Alabama after lawmakers refused to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court. What You Need To Know A panel of federal judges blocked Alabama’s latest congressional map, saying lawmakers in […]

Alaska

Biden will observe 9/11 in Alaska this year | #alaska | #politics

President Joe Biden will observe next month’s 22nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil at an Alaska military base with service members and their families, the White House announced. Biden will not participate in any of the observances at 9/11 memorial sites in New York City, Virginia or Pennsylvania. Instead, the president […]

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Joe the Plumber has died at 49 | #alaska | #politics

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as “Joe the Plumber” after questioning Barack Obama about his economic policies during the 2008 presidential campaign, and who later forayed into politics himself, has died, his son said Monday. He was 49. What You Need To Know His oldest son, […]