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The future of a beloved dog statue on a New York warehouse is up in the airHow 2 men claimed an absurd record by driving an old 3-wheel car the length of AfricaBackyard vegetable gardens are healthy for people and the planet. Here's how to start yoursA PGA golfer took his shirt off and approached a gator-filled hazard. AP's photographer was readyBackyard vegetable gardens are healthy for people and the planet.
Here's how to start yoursFDA announces its first OK of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults in major shift under TrumpJuul gets FDA's OK to keep selling tobacco and menthol e-cigarettesGoogle overhauls its Maps app, adding in more AI features to help people get aroundDid you find an animal nesting near your house? Here's what to doADL reports a sharp drop in US antisemitic incidents in 2025, driven by a steep fall on campusesIn Tennessee, protesters interrupted legislative hearings on a map that would reshape the majority-Black congressional district in Memphis, prompting state troopers to clear the room.
Galvanized by redistricting efforts that threaten to eliminate Tennessee’s only majority-Black Democratic congressional district, Memphians waited in cold, rainy darkness Wednesday morning to board a bus that would take them to protest at the state capitol. Rep.
Joe Towns Jr., D-Memphis, gestures during procedural vote in a House committee meeting of a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. State troopers clear a House committee meeting after it was disrupted by protesters during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, sits alone after a House committee meeting during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. Democratic state Sen. Vivian Figures speaks on SB 1, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Alabama Legislature, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama state Sen.
J. T. Waggoner listens to debate on SB 1, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Alabama Legislature, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. In Tennessee, protesters interrupted legislative hearings on a map that would reshape the majority-Black congressional district in Memphis, prompting state troopers to clear the room.
Galvanized by redistricting efforts that threaten to eliminate Tennessee’s only majority-Black Democratic congressional district, Memphians waited in cold, rainy darkness Wednesday morning to board a bus that would take them to protest at the state capitol. Rep.
Joe Towns Jr., D-Memphis, gestures during procedural vote in a House committee meeting of a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. Rep. Joe Towns Jr., D-Memphis, gestures during procedural vote in a House committee meeting of a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.
State troopers clear a House committee meeting after it was disrupted by protesters during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. State troopers clear a House committee meeting after it was disrupted by protesters during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, sits alone after a House committee meeting during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, sits alone after a House committee meeting during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. Democratic state Sen.
Vivian Figures speaks on SB 1, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Alabama Legislature, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. Democratic state Sen. Vivian Figures speaks on SB 1, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Alabama Legislature, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama state Sen.
J. T. Waggoner listens to debate on SB 1, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Alabama Legislature, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama state Sen. J. T. Waggoner listens to debate on SB 1, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Alabama Legislature, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. NASHVILLE, Tenn.
— Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are poised to take up a plan Thursday that could carve up a majority-Black congressional district, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to try to hold on to a slim House majority in the November midterm elections. The redistricting effort in Tennessee is one of several rapidly advancing plans in Southern states as Republicans try to leveragewhen creating a second Black-majority House district as it attempted to comply with the federal law.
The high court’s decision altered a decades-old understanding of the law, giving Republicans grounds to try to eliminate Louisiana has postponed its congressional primary to give time for state lawmakers to craft a new House map. Legislation awaiting a final vote in Alabama also would upend the state’s congressional primaries if courts allow the state to change its U.S. House districts.
In South Carolina, meanwhile, Republican lawmakers urged on by Trump have taken initial steps to add congressional redistricting to their agenda.. Since Trump prodded Texas to redraw its U.S. House districts last year, eight states have adopted new congressional districts. From that, Republicans think they could gain as many as 13 seats while Democrats think they could gain up to 10. But some competitive races mean the parties may not get everything they sought in the November elections.
Protesters in Tennessee repeatedly interrupted legislative hearings Wednesday on the redistricting plans, yet Republicans advanced them for a potential final vote in the full House and Senate. The package of bills would repeal a state law prohibiting mid-decade redistricting and reopen a candidate qualifying window for new people to enter the primary and existing candidates to switch districts.
The proposed House map would break up Tennessee’s lone Democratic-held district, centered on the majority-Black city of Memphis, creating a ripple effect of alterations to districts throughout the western and central parts of the state. Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton said the proposed districts were drawn based on population and politics, not racial data.
The proposal “is Black vote dilution at an industrial scale,” said Sekou Franklin, a political science professor at Middle Tennessee State University who is part of the Tennessee branch of the NAACP. Democrats noted that the state Supreme Court in April 2022 rejected a challenge to the current congressional map, finding it wasto make changes. This year, there’s even less time before the Aug. 6 primary, raising the potential of confusion for both candidates and voters, Democrats said.
The Alabama House passed legislation Wednesday authorizing special congressional primaries as Republicans eye the possibility of getting a different congressional map in place for the November elections. The bill could receive a Senate vote by Friday. Alabama is seeking to lift a federal court order that created a second House district with a near-majority of Black voters. That map led to the 2024 election of Rep.
Shomari Figures, a Black Democrat. Republicans want instead to use a 2023 map drawn by state lawmakers that would give the GOP an opportunity to reclaim Figures’ district. The legislation won approval on a party-line vote after four hours of fiery debate during which Black legislators recalled the state’s history. Democratic state Rep.
Juandalynn Givan likened the legislation to poll taxes and counting jelly beans in a jar — a virtually impossible task that was used to suppress Black voters during the Jim Crow era.
“It is a calculated political maneuver born out of fear, a fear that is of Black people and most importantly Black political power,” Givan said. Alabama’s primaries are May 19. If a court grants the state’s request, the legislation would ignore the results for congressional seats and direct the governor to schedule a new primary under the revised districts.
The South Carolina Senate could take up a resolution Thursday giving lawmakers permission to return later, after their regular work ends, to redraw congressional districts that could eliminate the state’s only Democratic-held district. The proposal, which passed the House on Wednesday, needs a two-thirds vote in both chambers. Republican House leaders said after the vote that they plan to introduce a new map Thursday and hold committee meetings on Friday.
But during debate Wednesday, Republicans fended off specific questions from Democrats, including why they were willing to stop the June 9 U.S. House primary elections well after candidates filed and how much a rescheduled primary could cost. Democratic Rep. Justin Bamberg said he felt sorry for Republicans who, he said, were giving up their principles to follow the whims of Trump.
“The president of the United States is a very powerful man. Wields a heavy, heavy thumb — Truth Social, X, Meta, Instagram. To be honest I don’t envy our Republican colleagues,” Bamberg said. Chandler reported from Montgomery, Alabama; Collins from Columbia, South Carolina; and Lieb from Jefferson City, Missouri.
Associated Press reporter Kristin M. Hall contributed. Lieb covers issues and trends in state governments across the U.S. He’s reported about government and politics for The Associated Press for 30 years.
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