Six months into his second term, Trump’s Ukraine pivot is shaky, his Epstein strategy is backfiring, and Republicans are torching congressional norms because they can. The Washington Monthly politics ...

If Texas gerrymanders its House seats to boost Republicans, Newsom threatens to do the same for Democrats. But it's not in ...

House Democrats are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s directive to eliminate Democratic seats in Texas by launching an aggressive redistricting strategy of their own—hiring top attorneys ...

California’s governor keeps talking about creating new House seats in response to a Texas gerrymander. But the gambit could ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backed a Democratic redistricting initiative after President Donald Trump pushed Texas to do so ...

Democrats and Republicans are considering an aggressive strategy to gain an advantage in next year’s midterm elections that will decide the balance of power in ...

President Donald Trump pitched a key group of Texas Republicans Tuesday on his strategy for his party to hold onto power in ...

In this edition: The muddled state of redistricting, the Newsom-free debates in California and the question of Herschel Walker. There are days when I regret starting every issue of the newsletter ...

Why is this about the Texas Republicans' redistricting gambit a story with importance far beyond the Lone Star State? Several reasons, actually.