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Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Ruling Could Fuel New Gerrymandering Era The expected flood of new congressional maps is likely to produce fewer competitive districts, fewer ways for voters to hold elected officials accountable and more polarized politics.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 7:56 PM |
After Supreme Court Decision, Louisiana Weighs Redrawing House Maps The Louisiana Secretary of State said the House primary election would be delayed after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional. The Senate primary will go forward on May 16.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 8:07 PM |
How the Voting Rights Decision May Block the Rise of Young Black Leaders Black Democrats in the South already face steep challenges when seeking political office. But the Supreme Court’s ruling could be felt for a generation.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 4:39 PM |
Trump Picks Nicole Saphier for Surgeon General After Withdrawing Casey Means Nomination Dr. Means’s nomination had stalled in part over her views on vaccines. The president said he was instead nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 6:01 PM |
Crop Undercount Raises Questions About Reliability of U.S.D.A. Data Corn estimates were off by 4.5 million acres last year. A lack of survey responses, not job cuts, led to the miss, the Agriculture Department said.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 3:22 PM |
The Vaccine Skeptic in Trump’s New C.D.C. Leadership Team Dr. Sara Brenner is a physician, an F.D.A. official and a “MAHA mom” who has said people should not reflexively believe in the benefits of vaccines.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 2:29 PM |
How Trump’s Iran Blockade Is Complicating a High-Stakes Trip to China If President Trump flies to China as planned in May, the primary topic will clearly be the rippling economic effects of a war that Beijing has made clear it viewed as unnecessary.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 4:23 PM |
Hegseth Says Iran Cease-Fire Stops Clock for Congressional Approval The defense secretary testified on the eve of the 60-day mark of the war, a major statutory deadline for the president to withdraw forces or seek approval from Congress to continue the fight.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 7:14 PM |
Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Plan to Maintain Control Over Strait of Hormuz Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that Iran would establish “new legal frameworks” for the Strait of Hormuz. He also said his country would retain its nuclear capabilities.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 4:41 PM |
Trump May Pull Troops From Germany. That Isn’t as Scary as It Once Was. Germany has hugely increased its military spending, aiming to be less dependent on Washington. Its support for U.S. attacks on Iran may also give it leverage.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 12:49 PM |
NYT > Top Stories
Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Ruling Could Fuel New Gerrymandering Era
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 7:56 PM |
After Supreme Court Decision, Louisiana Weighs Redrawing House Maps
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 8:07 PM |
How the Voting Rights Decision May Block the Rise of Young Black Leaders
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 4:39 PM |
Trump Picks Nicole Saphier for Surgeon General After Withdrawing Casey Means Nomination
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 6:01 PM |
Crop Undercount Raises Questions About Reliability of U.S.D.A. Data
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 3:22 PM |
The Vaccine Skeptic in Trump’s New C.D.C. Leadership Team
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 2:29 PM |
How Trump’s Iran Blockade Is Complicating a High-Stakes Trip to China
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 4:23 PM |
Hegseth Says Iran Cease-Fire Stops Clock for Congressional Approval
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 7:14 PM |
Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Plan to Maintain Control Over Strait of Hormuz
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 4:41 PM |
Trump May Pull Troops From Germany. That Isn’t as Scary as It Once Was.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 12:49 PM |
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