After the State Senate said it would not take up a new map, President Trump said he would support primary challengers against Republicans who bucked him.
Gov. Mike Braun of Indiana and other Republicans have argued that redistricting in Indiana was necessary to counter gerrymandering by Democrats in other states.
Gov. Greg Abbott said the state could now take steps to shut down the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group said the declaration had no basis in fact or law.
The move dealt a blow to efforts by Texas Republicans and President Trump to flip Democratic seats in the state. Texas quickly filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court.
Robyn McCutcheon, the first American diplomat to come out as transgender, helped to shape personnel and foreign policy at the State Department. The country she served doesn’t feel like home anymore.
Ms. McCutcheon embraced her boyfriend, John Quinn, for the last time before she left the country.
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