Michelle Martin

So how has the government justified its actions?

And I understand that lawmakers pressed no on other issues as well yesterday.

What were they?

That is NPR's Ximena Bustillo.

Ximena, thank you.

President Trump's nationwide effort to reshape the midterm elections in favor of Republicans has succeeded in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, but not in Indiana.

For more on this, we're joined by Ben Thorpe of WFYI in Indianapolis.

Good morning, Ben.

And you were there.

So thanks for getting up early because you were there in the state capitol pretty late.

So tell us about the vote.

So that state senator called it bullying.

The Trump administration probably called it trying to be persuasive.

So what did they do to try to steer this the president's way?

And what would this redistricting have done?

So where does President Trump's redistricting efforts stand now?

That is Ben Thorpe in Indianapolis.

Ben, thank you.

Also, the topic of this week's Sunday Story is whether a platonic best friend can also be a life partner.

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