"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights expert told Newsweek.

Legislators attending a Redistricting Committee meeting Dec. 13, 2023, look at maps of different proposals. (Kyle Martin/For ...

Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on Wednesday paused a federal appeals court ruling that bars individuals in some states from filing lawsuits claiming discrimination based on the landmark ...

President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans in Texas to redraw the state's congressional maps to help ensure the party keeps its majority in the U.S. House in next year's midterm elections.

The Texas Legislature is set to revisit the state’s congressional maps during an upcoming special session, following pressure ...

Is Missouri in the Midwest?” It’s a question that might sound simple or even obvious to some. However, based on the intense debate it ignited on Facebook, the answer is far from ...

Florida and the central Gulf Coast face a risk of flash flooding in the coming days. A summer camp in Central Texas serving disabled youths reopened barely a week after the flooding. An army of ...

Two North Dakota tribes and a group of tribal citizens have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep North Dakota’s district map ...

An American aid organization says 20 Palestinians were killed at a distribution site in Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian ...

Check our interactive map to find today's average 30-year mortgage refinance rate for any U.S. state. Right now, the lowest rates are in New York and New Jersey.

"Flipped seat" denotes a race where the 2020 projected winner is from a different party than the previous winner or incumbent ...

Biographer Ron Chernow's latest book is titled "Mark Twain" and provides details into the writer's life. From his sometimes ...