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Alabama Republicans approve plan for new primaries if courts allow GOP-friendly map

Alabama Republicans on Friday approved legislation directing the governor to schedule new primary elections for certain races under a GOP-friendly congressional map — if the courts agree to lift an earlier injunction keeping the current map in place until after the 2030 Census. The legislation would have no effect unless the courts reverse a previous...

Virginia Democrats ask state Supreme Court to halt redistricting ruling

Virginia Democrats on Friday asked the state Supreme Court for a stay on its ruling that threw out last month’s referendum on redistricting in the commonwealth, signaling plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state, Virginia’s House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott (D) and others filed a joint motion asking the state Supreme...

Beshear launches universal pre-K pilot program amid 2028 talk

Universal prekindergarten will soon be available to families in two Kentucky counties under a pilot program launched by Gov. Andy Beshear (D) this week. Beshear signed an executive order on Thursday directing the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to work with local school districts to provide full-day, universal pre-K for all 4-year-olds. The program...

US sending plane for Americans on hantavirus cruise ship

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story US sending plane for Americans on hantavirus cruise ship The U.S. will send a charter flight to bring home the remaining 17 Americans who are onboard the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship once it docks off the coast of Spain this weekend. © AP The State...

White House scrambles to tame AI fears 

Presented by ACT The App Association {beacon} Technology Technology PRESENTED BY The Big Story White House scrambles to tame AI fears The White House is trying to find its footing on AI policy, as the development of new, more powerful models forces the Trump administration to rethink its strategy on AI safety. © Illustration / Samantha...

Trump declares 3-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump declares 3-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine President Trump said on Friday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a three-day ceasefire over the weekend, an announcement that includes a prisoner swap between the two...

What Noah Syndergaard just found out about the REAL Donald Trump

This isn't a set-up for a bawdy joke, but the origins of a cry from the world of sports that Donald Trump is, in...

NY Dems are primed to pull redistricting punches

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 38 VOTING RIGHTS DILEMMA: With Democrats’ national redistricting calculus now in disarray over today’s court order blocking new Virginia...

Virginia Democrats Get Their Comeuppance

The state’s supreme court rightly found the process that Democrats used to impose an egregious gerrymander illegal.

An Independent Federal Reserve Could Be Constitutional

Stripped of its coercive powers, the Fed would structurally resemble America’s first national bank, chartered in 1791.

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