A New Zealand father who took his children without legal custody and lived in the woods for nearly four years was shot and killed during a shootout with police on Monday, Sept. 8 Tom Phillips, the ...

A treasure hunter follows a century old map along the river and stumbles upon a home long abandoned and hidden in silence. New Social Security report raises alarms for 300 million Americans Helen ...

The major parties' redistricting battle escalated this week, with lawmakers in the country's two most populous states each taking a notable step toward a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 ...

The Texas House on Wednesday passed a highly contentious, mid-decade redistricting bill – just days after dozens of Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, ending a two-week-long effort to block the ...

The State Senate will vote Thursday on a congressional map intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats. California Democrats will counter on the same day. By J. David Goodman Reporting ...

Former Congressman Jerry Carl of Mobile announced Monday morning he will try to win back the District 1 seat he lost to a Republican rival last year. “After prayerful reflection and heartfelt ...

A second special session was called Friday after the Texas House failed to make a quorum for a sixth time in a row, amid Democrats leaving the state to protest a redistricting plan expected to favor ...

With over a dozen states weighing up the idea of redrawing their district boundaries ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Newsweek has mapped out the seats that could change hands if legislatures let ...

It would "suppress the votes of Black and brown Austinites," one Democrat said. As Texas Republicans try to muscle a rare mid-decade redistricting bill through the Legislature to help Republicans gain ...

The House of Representatives meets during the last day of legislative session at the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Thursday, March 30, 2022. Silas Walker [email protected] The eyes of the nation ...

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