Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are set to convene in Montgomery starting Monday to discuss potentially moving the state’s May 19 primaries, as……
Both Bushes and Ronald Reagan won congressional authorisation for wars, but Obama and Clinton ducked the requirement. Source link
The Defense Department has estimated that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran about $4.8 billion in oil revenue, a Pentagon official familiar with the assessment told The Hill late Friday. The blockade, which was instituted more than two weeks ago, is one of the actions President Trump has used to inflict pressure on Iran……
The academy that controls the Oscars on Friday issued new award eligibility requirements around the use of artificial intelligence in film. Source link
May Day events took place across the United States in major cities like Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington DC. More than a thousand protesters in the Los Angeles May Day Coalition marched through the streets of the city’s downtown in support of workers’ rights. Meanwhile in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani praised…
The BBC Verify team built an AI model to track US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. Source link
The court decision curbs access to the drug used in medication abortions, which is currently the most common method for the procedure in the US. Source link
Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) said on Friday that the Trump administration would need to seek congressional approval before renewing military action against Iran, after officials asserted the 60-day war powers clock stopped running when the ceasefire took effect. “The purpose of the War Powers Act was to assert the constitutional responsibility of Congress to declare……
Spirit Airlines may be reaching the end of the runway. Source link
Former Labour MP and cabinet minister Andy Burnham could return to Westminster “in weeks”, the Guardian reports. The mayor of Greater Manchester is “expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government”, the paper writes, after he “was blocked by Labour’s ruling body from running in the Gorton and Denton…