The Supreme Court ruled that Texas can redraw its electoral map to benefit Republicans. Last month a lower court struck down the state’s gerrymandering attempt, finding that it discriminated against black and Latino voters.

Trump administration renames U.S. Institute of Peace as Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace as State Department calls president "greatest dealmaker" in American history.

Newsom’s approval rating in California was on a downward trend from 2020 to 2024. A U.C. Berkeley poll conducted in April found that by more than 2 to 1, voters felt he was giving more attention to preparing for a presidential campaign than to fixing the state’s problems.

—Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, lauds Mr Trump’s decision to rename the US Institute of Peace as the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. Mr Trump is expected to host the leaders of Congo and Rwanda at the institute for a peace-deal signing ceremony later today.

New Reagan Institute survey reveals Americans want stronger global leadership but question military readiness, with only 49% confident in armed forces.

X’s new location-transparency feature exposed that several high-engagement MAGA accounts claiming to be US-based were actually operating from countries like Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Eastern Europe. X denied viral claims that the US Department of Homeland Security account was shown in Israel,

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