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What is Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s plan for the mid‑decade redistricting special session?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Texas State Lawmakers returned to Austin today for the start of a legislative special session. As Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider reports, a rare mid decade round of congressional redistricting is set to dominate the agenda. Governor.
Governor Greg Abbott put redistricting on the special session call following a letter from the U.S. Justice Department, naming four Democratic districts as quote, unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. Houston Democratic Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher says it's Abbott and President Donald Trump who want to push racial gerrymanders through.
I am obviously deeply concerned, and everyone in Texas should be concerned, and everyone across the country should be concerned about what this represents, which is an absolute partisan power grab.
Trump has told Texas Republican members of Congress he wants to pick up five seats in the mid-decade round of redistricting.
Who is the suspect in the Manhattan Customs and Border Protection officer shooting and what is his legal status?
For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider
in Houston. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security say the man suspected of shooting a customs and border protection officer in Manhattan late Saturday night is in the U.S. without legal status. The shooting took place during a botched robbery inside a park.
In New York City, this twenty-one year old male has prior arrests for assault and violating an order protection. At the time of this shooting, he had an active bench warrant from the Bronx, was wanted for a robbery from last December and a stabbing from January.
The CPB officer was shot in the face, but he still managed to exchange gunfire with his assailant. That officer still remains hospitalized. The UN Humanitarian Affairs Agency says an Israeli evacuation order for central Gaza has dealt another devastating blow to efforts to keep people there alive.
How is the new Israeli evacuation order affecting displaced families in central Gaza?
Hundreds of families have been fleeing Dir Albala and several Israeli airstrikes have been reported. Here's the BBC's Yulande Nell.
Many of them are displaced people who'd relocated um to Dir Balach after being forced to leave their homes. Dir Balach it's remained largely intact during the twenty one months of war. Um and this has really shocked people, uh, this Israeli military order. This newly designated area includes critical infrastructure, things like aid warehouses, health clinics, um a critical water infrastructure in particular um and so there's real worry about what this could mean.
That's the BBC's Yolande Nell. Russia is once again demanding that Ukraine withdraw its forces from regions annexed by Russia, and it says Ukraine must drop its efforts to gain membership in NATO.
Why is Russia demanding Ukraine withdraw from annexed regions and abandon its NATO ambitions?
Those comments came from a Kremlin spokesman on Sunday. Ukraine has already rejected those claims. Russia, meanwhile, is also escalating its drone atra attacks on Ukraine. You're listening to NPR News. Stocks closed missed mixed in Asia on Monday, South Korean stocks were up half a percent. Calls for generational change and dissatisfaction with the status quo have been at the center of several recent high profile political campaigns run by younger Democrats. At least ten candidates under forty are currently eyeing seats for Congress, and several others are running in mayoral races or hoping to win a state office. But as NPR's Elena Moore reports, their success reports. rate so far has been mixed.
What are the challenges faced by young Democratic candidates seeking office in 2025?
Last month, 33-year-old Zoran momdani delivered an upset victory in the New York Democratic primary for mayor. But that wasn't normal, says Amanda Littman of Run for Something, which helps Democratic candidates run for office.
Part of the reason it's so exciting and so energizing when it does happen is because it is so rare and because it is so hard.
Littman says 25-year-old activist and content creator Deja Fox experienced a more common reality. On Tuesday, she lost a primary for Arizona's seventh congressional district, struggling to gain enough powerful endorsements and stand out. That's been the case for many hopefuls. Since twenty twenty two, only one Gen Zier has been elected to Congress. Elena Moore, NPR News.
Scotty Scheffler is now one step closer to a career grand slam.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s plan for the mid‑decade redistricting special session?
0:01–0:55
2
Who is the suspect in the Manhattan Customs and Border Protection officer shooting and what is his legal status?
0:55–1:58
3
How is the new Israeli evacuation order affecting displaced families in central Gaza?
1:58–2:47
4
Why is Russia demanding Ukraine withdraw from annexed regions and abandon its NATO ambitions?
2:47–3:28
5
What are the challenges faced by young Democratic candidates seeking office in 2025?
3:28–4:14
6
How did Scotty Scheffler secure his British Open victory and move closer to a career Grand Slam?
4:14–4:39