A federal judge who said Georgia's political maps violated the Voting Rights Act has signed off on the state legislature's new congressional and state districts.
Driving the news: U.S. District Court Judge Steve C. Jones said Thursday the Republican-led General Assembly's redrawn maps "fully complied" with his October order to create new majority-Black congressional and state districts.
Maersk is sending more than 50 vessels via the Suez Canal in the coming days and weeks despite earlier postponing operations due to attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the Danish shipping giant announced.
Why it matters: The schedule Maersk released Wednesday suggests confidence in the ability of the new U.S.-led international maritime security force to protect vessels passing through the area.
The U.S. is on course to end 2023 with one of the largest annual drops in homicides on record, according to preliminary figures from AH Datalytics, a data analysis firm.
Why it matters: The findings appear to be at odds with Americans' perception of crime both in their communities and in the rest of the country.
Major U.S. cities are taking new steps to try and address the migrant crisis facing them and restrict migrant busing.
Driving the news: States like Texas and Florida have spent millions of dollars to send migrants to other parts of the country, straining shelter capacities and resources in places like New York City and Denver.
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley declined to say slavery was a cause of the U.S. Civil War during a town hall event in Berlin, New Hampshire, on Wednesday.
Why it matters: Haley, the former governor of South Carolina — the state in which the first shots of the war were fired — instead implied that the cause of the Civil War was the "government" infringing on individual rights.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday night announced plans to seek election in a solidly Republican House seat across the state from her current Western Colorado district.
Why it matters: The move is an acknowledgment of the difficult re-election prospects the right-wing firebrand faced in her current seat, where she won by roughly 500 votes last year.
The U.S. Supreme Court was urged to overturn Colorado's landmark ruling removing former President Trump from the state's 2024 ballot in a Colorado Republican Party petition on Wednesday.
Why it matters: The petition indefinitely extends the Colorado Supreme Court's stay to its order that was due to expire on Jan. 4 ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case — meaning Trump's name can for now still appear on the ballot.
House Republicans said Wednesday they're investigating whether President Biden sought to "obstruct" Hunter Biden's cooperation with their committees' impeachment inquiry.
Driving the news: Hunter Biden said earlier this month he would defy a subpoena and not sit for a closed-door deposition, prompting House Judiciary Committee ChairRep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) to announce they would begin contempt of Congress proceedings against the president's son.
The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday an investigation into Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) over allegations of campaign finance law violations.
Driving the news: The panel announced a subcommittee will investigate the allegations surrounding campaign finance law violations regarding her "2022 special election and/or 2022 re-election campaigns," according to its Wednesday statement.
Almost a third of Republicans have only a little trust or none at all that votes will be counted correctly during the upcoming Republican presidential primary, according to data released Wednesdayfrom an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey.
Why it matters: The poll of 1,074 adults suggests that a sizeable portion of the Republican Party not only lacks faith in the accuracy of next year's presidential election but may also not trust contests managed by the party itself.
An activist is forcing Los Angeles city officials to confront an unprecedented question: Whether former President Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame can be withdrawn, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Why it matters: A star has never been removed from the Walk of Fame, which honors more than 2,700 celebrities in motion pictures, television, radio, recording and other forms of media.
Why it matters: Fortenberry last year resigned his House seat following nearly two decades in Congress after being convicted of three felonies, which saw him sentenced to serve two years of probation and pay a $25,000 fine.
Former President Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to share a word cloud poll that featured the words "revenge" and "dictatorship" to describe him.
Driving the news: The word cloud comes from a J.L. Partners survey for the Daily Mail that asked 1,000 likely voters to use one word to describe what both Trump and President Biden want out of a second term.
