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Louise Radnofsky Virginia's highest court threw out Democrats' effort to draw more blue-leaning seats ahead of the midterm elections, in a

Read this exciting story from The Wall Street Journal May 09, 2026 issue. Virginia’s highest court threw out Democrats’ effort to draw more blue-leaning seats ahead of the midterm elections, capping a series of developments favoring Republicans as they try to hang onto their narrow majority in the House this fall.

Potential applicants are eyeing a piece of the $1.8 billion pie.

The order gives another boost to Republican efforts to retain control of the House in the midterm elections.

Some Trump supporters are aiming to secure government settlements by suing under an 80-year-old law.

Read this exciting story from The Wall Street Journal June 05, 2026 issue. While the Trump administration has retreated from its $18 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” the Justice Department is signaling a willingness to work through other legal channels to pay allies of the president who claim the government targeted them for political reasons.

The president and allies are stepping up attacks on the state’s vote-counting process, reviving the type of allegations they made in 2020

The decision is one of a string of court defeats for the administration’s elections efforts this week.

The decision will let 27 states keep bans on transgender women and girls playing for female sports teams.

Although the justices struck down an executive order curtailing birthright citizenship, courts gave the president other ways to pursue his immigration crackdown.