Trump news at a glance: Republicans dominating redistricting fight across several states before midterms
President and his party celebrate as Democrats vow to fight Virginia court ruling barring state from enacting new voter-approved congressional maps – key US politics stories from 8 May 2026 at a glance
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia">Virginia’s supreme court on Friday ruled that the state cannot use new congressional maps approved by voters to help https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats">Democrats gain as many as four new seats in the US House of Representatives, handing Republicans a major win before November’s https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-midterm-elections-2026">midterm elections.
In a 4-3 decision, the court found that the state’s general assembly did not follow the appropriate constitutional procedure in approving the map, which voters then https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/virginia-congressional-maps">passed in a referendum last month.
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