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The House voted 226-195 Wednesday to approve a major Ukraine aid and Russia sanctions package, with 18 Republicans and one independent defying Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump to pass it. The bill includes $8 billion in authorized arms sales, 500% tariffs on Russian goods, a ban on Russian crude oil imports, and steep…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that found the redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against Black people. The justices granted the state’s emergency appeal to use a map adopted three years ago that has a majority-Black population in just…
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The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously rejected Virginia Democrats’ bid to revive a voter-approved congressional map they had hoped to use in this year’s midterm elections. The brief decision leaves in place a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that found legal flaws in the process leading to the referendum.
