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What recent Supreme Court ruling affects California's congressional map?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use the state's new Democratic-leaning congressional map for this year's midterm election. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports the ruling comes as Democrats and Republicans continue their fight for control of the House.
California voters approved the state's new congressional map last year to offset the new Texas map that President Trump pushed for to help Republicans. Now the Supreme Court has released an order that denies a request from California's Republican Party to block the map. The state's GOP argued that race and not partisan politics was the main driver of the map's redrawing.
This ruling comes after the Supreme Court cleared the way in December for Texas to use its new Republican-friendly districts. That map kicked off a nationwide gerrymandering fight by boosting the GOP's chances of winning five additional House seats. The Supreme Court has previously ruled that partisan gerrymandering is not revealable by federal courts.
Legal fights are still continuing over congressional maps for other states, including New York and Virginia. Anzi Luong, NPR News.
Leaders in Fulton County, Georgia, say they filed a motion in federal court wanting the return of 2020 election documents seized in a federal raid last week. Raul Balio from member station WABE reports from Atlanta.
Fulton County Commission Chair Rob Pitt says the targeting of the county is about President Donald Trump not accepting his 2020 loss in Georgia and claims it was stolen specifically in the county.
This case is not only about Fulton County. It's about elections. across Georgia and across the nation. But Fulton County, make no mistake, in my opinion, we are the poster child here of all the states, all the counties, all the cities that may involve is Fulton County, Georgia, because of the 2020 elections.
Fulton County leaders are also worried the raid will be used as a pretext for the Republican-led state election board taking over the county election board ahead of the 2026 midterms. For NPR News, I'm Raul Bally in Atlanta.
The Trump administration is setting up a critical minerals trading bloc as a counterweight to China. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports on a conference at the State Department today.
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