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Trump pushes baseless claim that Virginia redistricting vote was ‘rigged’ – live
President also claims that language for referendum was ‘purposefully unintelligible’, adding that he ‘had no idea what they were talking about’
Democrats won the redistricting fight in Virginia. Was Trump’s gerrymandering war all for nothing?
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Also today, we can expect the Senate to vote on another war powers resolution, to curb the Trump administration’s war in Iran.
Led by Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat, this will be upper chamber Democrats’ fifth attempt to pass a resolution.
Louisiana v Callais: A high-stakes voting rights case in which the court’s conservative majority appears poised to gut one of the most powerful provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
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Trump v Slaughter: A case which examines the legality of Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member, Rebecca Slaughter.
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Shrai Popat (now); Coral Murphy Marcos and Tom Ambrose (earlier) · Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 12:43 PM
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President also claims that language for referendum was ‘purposefully unintelligible’, adding that he ‘had no idea what they were talking about’
Also today, we can expect the Senate to vote on another war powers resolution, to curb the Trump administration’s war in Iran.
Led by Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat, this will be upper chamber Democrats’ fifth attempt to pass a resolution.
Louisiana v Callais: A high-stakes voting rights case in which the court’s conservative majority appears poised to gut one of the most powerful provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
Trump v Cook: Donald Trump’s case for firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, as he continues to exert greater control over the US central bank.
Trump v Slaughter: A case which examines the legality of Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member, Rebecca Slaughter.
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