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Republican-led states in the South are moving quickly to redraw their congressional maps ahead of the midterm elections.

This comes after the U.S.

Supreme Court gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act.

Alabama will hold a special election in August for new districts that were previously ruled illegal.

NPR's Stephen Fowler says voting rights and civil rights groups are challenging this.

NPR's Stephen Fowler reporting.

Separately, the South Carolina State Senate has rejected a proposal to extend its current session to work on redrawing that state's map.

Redistricting could help eliminate South Carolina's one Democratic seat held by James Clyburn, a civil rights activist.

Prediction market Kalshi is now tracking campaign staffers to make sure they don't bet on their own candidates.

This follows an NPR report on a staffer who made money from insider information.

NPR's Luke Garrett has more.

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The Senate has confirmed President Trump's choice for the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh.

That term is for 14 years.

The vote was mostly on party lines, with Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman voting to approve.

A second vote is expected as early as today on Warsh's nomination to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair.

The Justice Department is filing criminal charges against the companies that managed the cargo ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge two years ago.

Six construction workers were killed.

when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed.

From member station WYPR, Scott Massione reports the ship's technical superintendent was also indicted.