
Mother Jones - 1 hour 40 min ago
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Hamm v. Smith, a death penalty case that will decide whether intellectual disability can be ruled out on the basis of IQ tests alone. Long before he was convicted of murder in 1997, Joseph Clifton Smith was placed in schooling for an intellectual disability. Smith […]...

The Guardian - 1 hour 46 min ago
Major win for Trump as majority rejects lower-court ruling that found maps had been racially gerrymandered. Plus, the story of Mr DeepFakes, the world's most notorious AI porn site Good morning. Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that adds as many as five Republican-friendly congressional districts, the supreme court ruled yesterday, handing Donald Trump a major win in his push to boost Republican seats ahead of next year's midterm elections. What did the lower court rule? The lower...

NBC News - 2 hours 1 min ago
The Supreme Court allows Texas to use its new congressional district map in the latest attempt to secure a midterm edge.

The Hill - 2 hours 17 min ago
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: Democrats demanding more info from Hegseth Trump housing official under investigation House, Senate tee up health care votes First phase of Gaza ceasefire nears completion President Trump scored a major win in the national redistricting battle on Thursday, as...

Fortune - 3 hours 7 min ago
Using various other justifications, the White House can implement its tariffs regardless of a Supreme Court loss, said Bessent.

Slate - 3 hours 30 min ago
The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday in NRSC v. FEC, a case cooked up by the GOP itself.

NPR - 4 hours 12 min ago
The Supreme Court has given the Republican Party a boost in the redistricting fight for Congress by allowing a Texas map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in next year's midterms.

UPI - 8 hours 39 min ago
The conservative-leaning Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Texas to use new congressional maps in the next midterm elections that were redrawn to favor the Republican Party.

BBC - 11 hours 14 min ago
The electoral map could boost the Republican effort to shore up their majority in the coming 2026 midterm elections.

The Guardian - 11 hours 21 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Trump news at a glance: US supreme court gives Texas win in national redistricting battle Among the beneficiaries of Donald Trump 's pardons and commutations, there is a group that legal experts and political scientists see as some of the clearest evidence of how such actions undermine the rule of law: those who were released from prison and again arrested for different alleged crimes . During his first term, Trump issued 237 acts of clemency including to someone...

Nation Review - 11 hours 59 min ago
It's not the Court's job to impose rules that Congress hasn't written. Under the rules we have, there's no legal reason to delay the use of the new Texas map.

The Guardian - 12 hours 4 min ago
State is key in president's effort to secure Republicans' fragile House majority for second half of his term key US politics stories from 4 December 2025 Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that adds as many as five Republican-friendly congressional districts, the supreme court ruled on Thursday, handing Donald Trump a major win in his push to boost Republican seats ahead of next year's midterm elections. In an unsigned order, the 6-3 conservative majority court granted a request...

Newser - 12 hours 55 min ago
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Texas can go ahead with its new congressional district map in the 2026 midterm elections, a redrawing intended to boost Republican strength in the US House by as many as five seats at President Trump's behest. The decision, apparently on a 6-3 vote, granted...

New York Magazine - 13 hours 4 min ago
With Texas again poised to give Republicans five new House seats, the drive to protect the GOP from the wrath of voters has new life.

Daily Signal - 13 hours 47 min ago
The Supreme Court allowed Texas’ redistricting maps to remain in place for the 2026 midterms in a 6-3 unsigned opinion Thursday. The maps could grant... Read More The post BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules on Texas Redistricting Maps for 2026 Midterms appeared first on The Daily Signal .

Mother Jones - 14 hours 20 min ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the Trump-inspired gerrymandered congressional map in Texas after it was blocked by a lower court, with the Roberts court once again putting its thumb on the scale to weaken protections for minority voters and entrench GOP political power. The conservative justices approved the Texas map, they wrote in an […]...

NBC News - 14 hours 21 min ago
Supreme Court allows Texas to use new congressional map...

Fox News - 14 hours 26 min ago
The Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling on Texas' request to reinstate the legislature's recently redrawn congressional map, which had given Republicans a five-seat advantage in the 2026 midterms.

Los Angeles Times - 14 hours 27 min ago
Thanks to the Supreme Court's ruling, Republicans are expected to win five extra seats in the House of Representatives.

NBC News - 14 hours 28 min ago
The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas is allowed to use a new congressional district map that favors Republicans, in a 6-3 ruling along ideological lines. The decision comes after a panel of federal judges blocked the use of the map.

The Independent - 14 hours 32 min ago
The state launched a redistricting arms race that could add up to five new GOP seats in the House...

Forbes - 14 hours 35 min ago
A panel of judges blocked the state's new congressional map from being used, arguing Texas racially gerrymandered by redistricting.

NY Post - 14 hours 39 min ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year's elections to be held under the state's congressional redistricting plan.

The Guardian - 14 hours 43 min ago
Major win for Trump as justices reject lower-court ruling that found maps had been racially gerrymandered Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that adds as many as five Republican-friendly seats, the supreme court has ruled, giving Donald Trump and the GOP a major win in their push to add Republican congressional seats ahead of next year's midterm elections. The supreme court's decision came after a 2-1 ruling from a three-judge panel striking down Texas's new map in November. The...