Governor

• De stap van Brian Kemp maakt Georgia de nieuwste zuidelijke staat die overgaat tot het opnieuw maken van kaarten na de ontmanteling van de Voting Rights Act. • De Republikeinse gouverneur van Georgia heeft een speciale sessie voor volgende maand bijeengeroepen om de kiesdistricten te hertekenen; hij is hiermee de laatste zuidelijke staat die een nieuw proces van kaart maken start na de beslissing van het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof over de Voting Rights Act. • Brian Kemp kondigde woensdag de speciale sessie aan, die op 17 juni zal beginnen. Het zal zich richten op het "uitvaardigen, herzienen, intrekken of wijzigen" van de districtslijnen voor de wetgevende macht van de staat en het congresdistrict, in het licht van de uitspraak van het Hooggerechtshof in Louisiana v Callais. Lees verder...

• Tate Reeves gaf woensdagochtend aan dat hij een speciale wetgevende sessie annuleert die volgende week gepland stond om de districten van de Hoge Raad van de staat te hertekenen. • De Republikein Reeves merkte echter op dat hij verwacht dat de staat op korte termijn de vier congresdistricten zal herzien voor de verkiezingen van 2027. • Tijdens een optreden op SuperTalk radio, een conservatief radionetwerk, zei Reeves ook dat het voor de staat moeilijk zou zijn om de congresdistricten tijdig in het voordeel van de Republikeinen te hertekenen voor de komende tussentijdse verkiezingen in november.

Former David Cameron adviser says a vote for him will make California ‘Califordable’ – not everyone is convinced He “knows how to wind people up like Trump”, according to friends, and made his name in the UK with zany policy ideas including making the country sunnier using state-owned cloud busters.Now the controversial strategist Steve Hilton, named the “pint-sized Rasputin” of Conservative politics, has become an unlikely frontrunner in the primary race for California governor. Continue reading...

• Tennessee's governor signed a new congressional redistricting map into law on May 7, 2026, that eliminates a Democratic House seat, according to PBS NewsHour reporting. • The redistricting decision reduces Democratic representation in the state's delegation and reflects ongoing partisan conflicts over congressional boundaries across multiple states. • Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) reacted to the Tennessee map and New York's own redistricting initiative, highlighting how redistricting battles continue to reshape electoral landscapes nationwide.

• Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by Vijay, secured 107 seats and gained 5 from Congress, totaling 112, but remains 6 short of the 118 needed for majority. • Governor Rajendra Arlekar is not convinced of TVK's numbers, delaying Vijay's swearing-in as Chief Minister despite his request for time to prove majority. • VCK remains undecided on support, while Left parties and IUML have declined, heightening political uncertainty in the state.

The Trump-backed biotech entrepreneur will face Democrat Amy Acton in a competitive November contestUS politics live – latest updatesVivek Ramaswamy, a Republican former presidential candidate, won his primary race for Ohio governor on Tuesday, setting up a closely-watched contest in November’s election.The biotech entrepreneur, who was endorsed by Donald Trump and briefly co-led Trump’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) with Elon Musk at the start of the president’s second term, beat Casey Putsch, the internet personality, to land the nomination. Continue reading...

Louise Arbour will serve as Canada’s representative of King Charles and carry out ceremonial and constitutional dutiesCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has appointed a former supreme court justice and war crimes prosecutor as the country’s new governor general, saying her appointment would reflect the importance of global institutions.Louise Arbour, a celebrated jurist, served as United Nations commissioner and prosecuted war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, will serve as Canada’s representative of King Charles III. Continue reading...

Trump-endorsed candidate facing a long-shot challenge from car designer and YouTube provocateur Casey PutschHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is hoping to lock in his position as candidate in the race to become Ohio governor.Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz. The US launched an operation to help hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war. While the US military claimed to have destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted both Iranian cruise missiles and drones, this was denied by Iran. More here.The Trump administration moved to block a lawsuit Minnesota officials filed almost six years ago alleging oil companies and a petroleum trade group deceived state residents about climate change. The justice department, the administration’s law enforcement arm, filed an action in federal court in Minneapolis arguing that the federal government has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, not states, and that Minnesota officials are trying to improperly impose their policy preferences on the rest of the country.The US supreme court went out of its way to help Louisiana Republicans redraw their congressional maps ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The procedural move comes less than a week after the court’s landmark decision striking down Louisiana’s congressional map and gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.The Trump administration is continuing to pressure the United Nations and the international aid sector more broadly to adopt trade-focused policies to benefit US firms – or face the threat of further budget cuts. Donald Trump’s second term has already seen USAID suffer mass layoffs and have its remaining operations folded into the state department, with a ripple effect across the globe that has many experts warning will cost thousands of lives as vital programs are cut. More here.The Trump administration’s attack on the 87-year-old food aid program that supports tens of millions of low-income Americans escalated last week as the agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, claimed that 14,000 Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (Snap) recipients included owners of luxury vehicles such as Ferraris, Bentleys and Teslas. More here. Continue reading...