The North Carolina Senate approved a new congressional map aimed at helping Republicans eke out an additional GOP seat to help shore up the party’s majority in the US House after next year’s midterm elections.

That was the day after Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, both Arizona Democrats, confronted Johnson and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in the Capitol to press them on the shutdown and the delayed swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Monday the government shutdown has dragged on for so long that it’s time to start thinking about bringing the GOP-controlled House back to

The House is expected to hold a full floor vote on the map Wednesday. It will become law after both chambers approve it.

Name, image and likeness rules for college athletes are the subject of competing legislation, and professional athletes unions have picked a side.

Republicans hold majorities in both General Assembly chambers, and Democratic Governor Josh Stein is unable under state law to use his veto stamp on redistricting maps.

The U.S. Senate-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 explicitly states that the size of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea will be maintained at the current level of approximately 28,