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• De wetgevende macht van Alabama schorste maandag een speciale zitting nadat betogers het State House in Montgomery betraden om te protesteren tegen plannen van Republikeinen om een gegerrymanderde congreskaart aan te nemen die de stemkracht van zwarte kiezers verwatert. • Na de recente uitspraak van het Hooggerechtshof, waarbij de laatste resterende belangrijke bepaling van de Voting Rights Act werd vernietigd, diende de Republikeinse procureur-generaal Steve Marshall een spoedverzoek in om een bestaand verbod op kaartwijzigingen vóór 2030 op te heffen. • Het protest weerspiegelt bredere nationale spanningen over stemrechten en de herindeling van congresdistricten na de beslissing van het Hof om cruciale beschermingen uit de Voting Rights Act uit te hollen.

• Florida is de nieuwste staat geworden die een partijdig gerrymandered congreskaart heeft goedgekeurd, wat de voortdurende inspanningen weerspiegelt om kiesdistricten te hertekenen voor politiek voordeel. • De beslissing over de herindeling zet de nationale strijd over gerrymandering voort, waarbij staten concurreren om congresdistricten zo te structureren dat specifieke politieke partijen worden bevoordeeld. • De goedkeuring illustreert de hardnekkige uitdaging van partijdige gerrymandering in de Amerikaanse electorale politiek en de impact daarvan op de vertegenwoordiging en competitieve races.

Marvel praises Conway’s ‘undeniable and indelible impact’ of celebrated comic book writer who also worked for DCGerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died. He was 73.In a Monday statement announcing his death, Marvel described Conway as a legendary comic book writer with a prolific career. He died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday in Thousand Oaks, California, his wife, Laura Conway, told the Associated Press. Continue reading...

• A Pennsylvania state court ordered election officials to draw a new congressional map by June 2026, ruling that the current Republican‑backed map unlawfully diluted the voting strength of Black and Latino communities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. • The judge found that the existing districts concentrated minority voters into a handful of “safe” Democratic seats, limiting their influence in neighboring competitive districts and violating state constitutional protections for equal representation. • The decision threatens Republican hopes of holding a narrow House majority in 2026 and could force the legislature into a court‑supervised redistricting process if lawmakers cannot agree on a replacement map.

• The Supreme Court decided on April 29, 2026, whether Louisiana's new congressional map constitutes an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, marking a significant ruling on voting rights and district boundaries. • The case, Louisiana v. Callais, examined Louisiana's 2022 redrawn congressional districts that were previously challenged in federal court under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. • This decision affects ongoing redistricting battles across the country as states prepare for the 2026 midterm elections, with implications for both Democratic and Republican seat counts.

• President Trump's redistricting power grab in Texas concluded in a stalemate for parties, deemed a loss for the nation. • The effort warped minority and majority rights balance according to critics. • This outcome affects congressional representation and future elections in the state.

Three people were suing ex-Sinn Féin leader for liability over IRA bombings in UK which left them injuredThree men who sued the former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams over three Irish Republican Army bombings in Britain have withdrawn their lawsuit, their lawyers told the high court in London.Adams, who became the president of Sinn Féin in 1983 when it was the IRA’s political wing, was for many years the best-known face of the movement seeking to end British rule in Northern Ireland. Continue reading...

Former Sinn Féin leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, also denies any prior knowledge of the attackGerry Adams has told the high court he was stunned by the 1996 Docklands bombing as he denied being at the nerve centre of the IRA’s operations.The former Sinn Féin leader also denied having any prior knowledge of the bombing of the commercial district of east London, which shattered a 17-month old ceasefire. Continue reading...

Party’s former leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, says opponents have repeatedly tried to conflate Sinn Féin and IRAGerry Adams has told the high court that opponents of Sinn Féin have repeatedly sought to conflate the political party he led with the IRA, as he denied ever being a member of the Irish Republican Army.Giving evidence in London watched by victims of IRA bombings, the 77-year-old, credited with helping to bring about the peace process that ended the Troubles, said he had “never been a senior, let alone most senior, figure in the IRA”. Continue reading...