Virginia House Republicans are hanging their hopes for survival on the state Supreme Court blocking the new congressional map approved by voters on Tuesday night. Approved narrowly via referendum, the new map nixes four GOP House seats, creating a likely 10-1 Democratic lock. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-VA), John McGuire (R-VA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), and Ben […]

A Virginia court ruled on Wednesday that Virginia’s redistricting referendum was unconstitutional, freezing the results of a special election that would boost Democrats’ power in Congress. The Tazewell Circuit Court ruled that the state’s redistricting referendum held on Tuesday and the bill that triggered the special election were unconstitutional and had failed to follow the […]

Centrist House Republicans warned Wednesday that the redistricting war between both parties had backfired on President Donald Trump and the GOP. Democrats have claimed victory in the escalating map battle after voters approved new congressional lines in Virginia via referendum. The result shifts the state’s map, which has a 6-5 Democratic edge, to 10-1. Gov. […]

Kyiv and Budapest have buried two hatchets this week, swapping a restart of oil supplies for approval of critical wartime loans. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Tuesday that the Druzhba pipeline — a transnational system that transits Russian oil to Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, and a slew of other European nations — has been repaired after […]