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Missouri House approves redistricting plan as part of nationwide GOP push to defend House majority
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The Missouri House of Representatives passed a new congressional map on Tuesday that is expected to hand Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The Missouri Senate is now tasked with passing the new map before it can land on Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe’s desk.
A special session of Missouri’s legislature to redraw the solidly red state’s congressional districts began last week. The Midwest state is the latest battleground in the high-stakes partisan fight over congressional redistricting ahead of the midterms.
«Missouri’s conservative, commonsense values should be truly represented at all levels of government, and the Missouri First Map delivers just that,» Kehoe said as he announced the special session and unveiled the proposed map.
TRUMP-BACKED REDISTRICTING PUSH TURNS MIDWESTERN STATE INTO NEXT POLITICAL BATTLEGROUND
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe applauds while delivering the State of the State address on Jan. 28, 2025, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Missouri Democrats staged a sit-in over the weekend, refusing to leave the chamber in protest of the Republican-backed map. Missouri state House Minority Leader Ashley Aune has accused Republicans of pushing to «rig our maps and eliminate our representation in Congress.»
ABBOTT CLEARS FINAL REDISTRICTING HURDLE AS TEXAS SENATE PASSES NEW TRUMP-APPROVED MAP
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin celebrated the Missouri Democrats’ protest in a statement released Monday.
«The DNC applauds their efforts leading and using every tool at their disposal to raise awareness for the craven scheme by Missouri Republicans. In every corner of this country, Democrats are fighting back. Missouri Democrats can count on the DNC’s support as we protect Missouri voters and save our country from Trump’s billionaire-first agenda,» Martin said.
President Donald Trump argued in a social media post that Missouri voters would have «the tremendous opportunity to elect an additional MAGA Republican in the 2026 Midterm Elections.»
President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing on Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Kehoe’s move came hours after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law a redistricting bill passed by the Republican supermajority in the state legislature that aims to create up to five right-leaning congressional districts at the expense of currently Democrat-controlled seats in the reliably red state.
The efforts in Missouri and Texas are part of a broad effort by the GOP to pad their razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.
Democrats are fighting back against the rare, but not unheard-of mid-decade redistricting.
State lawmakers in heavily blue California have approved a special ballot proposition this November to obtain voter approval to temporarily sidetrack the state’s nonpartisan redistricting commission and return the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democrat-dominated legislature.
The effort in California, which aims to create five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts and counter the shift in Texas, is being spearheaded by two-term Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is seen as a likely 2028 Democratic presidential contender.
In Missouri, the new map proposed by Kehoe targets longtime Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City area district by shifting it eastward to include rural right-leaning voters.
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe waves to the crowd after being sworn in as the state’s 58th governor in Jefferson City. (Emily Curiel/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
If passed by the GOP-controlled legislature, the new map would likely flip Cleaver’s seat and give Republicans a seven-to-one advantage in the state’s U.S. House delegation.
Cleaver, whose seat is threatened, has vowed to take legal action if the new map is signed into law by the governor.
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With Democrats currently needing just a three-seat pickup in next year’s midterms to win back the House majority, Indiana, South Carolina and Florida are mulling their own GOP-friendly redistricting plans ahead of the 2026 elections. And right-leaning Ohio is under a court order to draw new maps ahead of the midterms.
Democrats, as they push back, are looking to New York, Illinois and Maryland in the hopes of creating more left-leaning congressional seats.
In Illinois and Maryland, where Govs. J.B. Pritzker and Wes Moore are discussing redistricting, Democrats hope to pick up to three more left-leaning seats.
And Democrats could pick up a seat in right-leaning Utah, where a judge recently ordered the GOP-controlled legislature to draw new maps after ruling that lawmakers four years ago ignored an independent commission approved by voters to prevent partisan gerrymandering.
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Científicos advierten sobre el impacto ambiental del deterioro acelerado del lago Tonle Sap, en Camboya
Una advertencia científica situó al lago Tonle Sap en el foco internacional, al confirmarse que la extracción de arena en el río Mekong altera el funcionamiento ecológico de la mayor reserva de agua dulce del sudeste asiático.
Un estudio publicado el 10 de noviembre de 2025 y dirigido por Newcastle University revela que la significativa reducción del flujo de agua hacia el lago amenaza la biodiversidad y los medios de vida de millones de personas que dependen de este ecosistema.
El informe, desarrollado en colaboración con Loughborough University, destaca que Tonle Sap es uno de los ecosistemas lacustres más diversos del planeta y la cuarta mayor fuente de pesca a nivel mundial. Reconocido como Reserva de la Biosfera por la UNESCO desde 1997, el lago alberga más de 800 especies, incluidas poblaciones de anfibios, reptiles, mamíferos y aves en peligro de extinción.
Su pulso anual de inundación, imprescindible para la productividad biológica y la regulación hídrica de la región, depende del flujo inverso del Mekong durante los monzones en una zona donde viven cerca de 23 millones de personas.
El estudio de Newcastle University advierte que la extracción de arena, junto a la construcción de presas que retienen sedimentos río arriba, provocó una disminución significativa en el volumen de agua que llega al lago durante la temporada de lluvias.
Entre 1998 y 2018, el descenso del lecho del Mekong, impulsado principalmente por la minería de arena y la alteración de la morfología del canal, redujo el flujo inverso hacia el Tonle Sap entre un 40% y un 50%.
Los investigadores señalan que este deterioro es consecuencia directa de la extracción de arena y la transformación física del cauce, y no únicamente de cambios en el clima o en los patrones de agua.
La presión que sufren tanto las especies acuáticas como las comunidades humanas pone de manifiesto la importancia social y ecológica del lago.
El Dr. Chris Hackney, profesor de Geografía Física en Newcastle University, explicó: “El lago es vital para los ecosistemas y las comunidades de Camboya. En los últimos años, las comunidades locales notaron que el lago ya no se llena como antes y los ecosistemas que dependen de largas temporadas de inundación están bajo una presión creciente. Si se quiere preservar el lago, es necesario mantener o aumentar los niveles del lecho del río Mekong”.
El análisis de los expertos, como el Dr. Quan Quan Le de Loughborough University, también subraya el papel del crecimiento urbano en la demanda global de arena para construcción, lo que multiplica la extracción en los ríos de la región.
La investigación confirma que esta extracción debilitó el pulso de inundación del lago, causando daños ambientales duraderos y resaltando la urgencia de una gestión sostenible de sedimentos.
Las proyecciones del estudio atribuido a Newcastle University resultan especialmente graves. Si la tendencia actual continúa, para 2038 el flujo inverso podría disminuir hasta un 69% respecto a los niveles de 1998. Esta reducción no solo afectaría la biodiversidad, sino que tendría efectos directos sobre la agricultura y la seguridad alimentaria en el delta del Mekong.
El estudio detalla que el reducido flujo durante la estación seca podría bajar en un 59%, lo que intensificaría la intrusión de agua salada y disminuiría los rendimientos agrícolas. Asimismo, el aumento del flujo hacia el delta durante el monzón, calculado en unos 26 km³, elevaría el riesgo de inundaciones en una de las regiones más densamente pobladas del sudeste asiático.
Frente a este escenario, los autores del estudio insisten en la necesidad urgente de implementar una gestión sostenible de los sedimentos y regular la extracción de arena para evitar daños irreversibles en el sistema Tonle Sap-Mekong.
Los expertos advierten que la salvaguarda del lago y la seguridad de las comunidades dependen de acciones inmediatas y coordinadas que antepongan la integridad ecológica del río y su cuenca.
Newcastle University alerta que la extracción excesiva de arena representa una amenaza existencial para la sostenibilidad del sistema Tonle Sap-Mekong. Los autores del estudio manifiestan su preocupación respecto al futuro de este ecosistema fundamental.
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., was sworn into office on Wednesday, unlocking the needed support to force the House of Representatives into a vote over the Epstein files.
Now having received the oath of office, Grijalva is free to become the 218th — and final signatory — to advance a discharge petition on a bill to instruct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release its documentation on Jeffrey Epstein. If successful, the petition would bring the bill to the floor over the objection of the chamber’s leadership.
EPSTEIN VICTIMS SET TO BREAK SILENCE AMID BIPARTISAN PUSH TO RELEASE FILES: ‘PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OUTRAGED’
Rep. Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat from Arizona, speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Grijalva, who now fills the seat formerly held by her father, the late Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., said signing the petition would be her first act as a member of Congress.
«I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. It’s past time for Congress to restore its role as the check and balance on this administration and fight for we, the American people,» Grijalva said.
Epstein, a former businessman and financier, died in 2019 while jailed on federal sex-trafficking charges involving minors. During his career, he accrued an impressive social circle that included rich and powerful figures like former President Bill Clinton, President Donald Trump and the United Kingdom’s Prince Andrew.
His sudden death, ruled a suicide by investigators, left unanswered questions about whether he had used his expansive social circle to facilitate illegal sexual encounters for some of his contacts.
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein’s years of abuse of underage girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
After disappointing announcements from the DOJ that the investigation met a dead end earlier this year, lawmakers led by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., demanded Congress vote to force the DOJ to release its documentation on the matter.
Those demands went unheeded by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who said the DOJ was already conducting its own internal evaluation and complying with congressional requests for information.
For Massie and three other Republicans, that wasn’t good enough.
Massie joined Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., — and all House Democrats — in signing the petition, falling just one signatory short of putting it over the needed 218 threshold.
EPSTEIN VICTIMS PRESS LAWMAKERS TO SUPPORT BILL TO RELEASE HIDDEN FILES, SAY AMERICANS WILL BE ‘APPALLED’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks with Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna during a news conference with alleged victims of the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Two of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged victims joined lawmakers in the House chamber for Grijalva’s swearing in.
«Our democracy only works when everyone has a voice. This includes the millions of people across the country who have experienced violence and exploitation — including Liz Stein and Jessica Michaels, both survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. They are here in the gallery here this evening,» Grijalva said.
Johnson has said he supports the measure in principle but believes aspects of it are poorly written or may provide insufficient protections for Epstein’s potential victims.
With Grijalva’s support, Democrat leadership believes the petition will come to the floor sometime in December.
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., the ranking member on the House Rules Committee, noted that Johnson might try to derail its timeline.
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«It should ripen in early December. That doesn’t mean that the speaker of the House [won’t] try to do some shenanigans, but if all goes the way we want it to go, early December,» McGovern said.
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