Jad Khalil

For NPR News, I'm Jad Khalil in Richmond, Virginia.

Democrats started the push to get this on the ballot in October.

The campaigns for and against redistricting Virginia have received tens of millions of dollars from opaque political nonprofits and have employed campaign tactics that have confused voters.

There's no clear outcome.

The only polling out there is very close, and Virginia is relatively purple.

Virginia could be one of the last states to take a side in the national redistricting contest before the midterms.

Florida lawmakers are scheduled to take up redistricting in a special session next week.

For NPR News, I'm Jad Khalil in Richmond, Virginia.

Members of the Senate Banking Committee split mostly along party lines as they questioned Kevin Warsh about how he would approach the job of running the Fed.

Republicans mostly cheered the nominee, while Democrats, led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, accused Warsh of bowing to the president's demand for lower interest rates.

Warsh insists he would exercise independent judgment on interest rates.

The main roadblock to his confirmation comes from Republican Senator Tom Tillis, who's holding out until the Justice Department drops its investigation of the current Fed chairman, Jerome Powell.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

Democrats started the push to get this on the ballot in October, and it's been a bitterly contested and expensive election.

The campaigns for and against redistricting Virginia have received tens of millions of dollars from opaque political nonprofits and have employed campaign tactics that have confused voters.

Early voter turnout is higher than many observers expected for an April election, but there's no clear outcome.

The only polling out there is very close, and Virginia is relatively purple.

Virginia could be one of the last states to take a side in the national redistricting contest before the midterms.

Florida lawmakers are scheduled to take up redistricting in a special session next week.

For NPR News, I'm Jad Khalil in Richmond, Virginia.