North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please Trump. Republicans in the state have scheduled a vote for next week on their mid-decade power grab aimed at cementing a GOP edge in Congress.

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North Carolina GOP announces its own mid-decade gerrymander

- North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce ([link removed] ) it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. Republicans in the state have scheduled a vote for next week on their mid-decade power grab aimed at cementing a GOP edge in Congress.

- The move follows Trump’s call for red-state legislatures to “fix” congressional maps before 2026, a message embraced by Republican leaders from Texas to Missouri ([link removed] ) , who have already enacted their own gerrymanders.

In a federal courtroom in Texas, Republicans worked hard to keep details of their gerrymander under wraps

- Democracy Docket’s Jen Rice spent the past two weeks in El Paso covering a crucial hearing on whether Texas’ Trump-approved gerrymander can be used in the midterms. From the RNC’s role to a shadowy paper trail, here ([link removed] ) are the top takeaways.



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The latest in Chicago

- On Saturday, a federal appeals court let ([link removed] ) Trump keep control of Illinois’ National Guard but barred him from deploying troops into Chicago streets — for now.

Trump’s military invasion is here…

- Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) called out Trump and Republicans for using U.S. Marines as political props, warning it’s a dangerous step toward authoritarianism. He told ([link removed] ) Marc why Congress must act to restore checks and balances and stop Trump from turning the military into a campaign weapon.

…but this is where the legal fight over Trump’s military deployments stands

- So far, Trump has deployed the National Guard to at least five Democratic-led cities. While lawsuits swiftly followed, the courts will now decide ([link removed] ) whether to maintain traditional limits on military enforcement of federal law.

Georgia voters sue county election board over commissioners map

- The Georgia NAACP and two Black voters sued ([link removed] ) the Meriwether County Board of Elections, arguing its 2022 map for electing commissioners violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting power and eliminating the board’s only Black commissioner.

Coming up tomorrow

- New York’s highest court will weigh ([link removed] ) the constitutionality of the state’s John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

- The Arizona Supreme Court will hear ([link removed] ) arguments concerning whether the state’s rulemaking procedures apply when issuing Arizona’s Election Procedures Manual, a guide to voting rules for election administrators.

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