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Reporter’s Notebook: Democrats say they can still flip the House despite GOP redistricting gains in the South
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Redistricting and race.
Democrats are beside themselves, watching what Republicans are doing on redistricting — especially in the South.
«What we’re seeing is an attack on legitimate opportunities for Black candidates to have representation here in Congress,» said Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., who is on track to lose his district in Mobile.
Democrats say they know what Republicans are up to.
«They’ve also been trying to eliminate teaching America’s history, right? Whitewashing America’s history,» said former Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a fireside chat at MEET Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nev., on May 7, 2026. (Ian Maule/Getty Images)
States like Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama – and now Georgia and South Carolina are redrawing district maps for House Members. That’s after Missouri revamped its maps. Many of these new districts are squeezing out members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
In essence, Democrats see this as a «Southern Strategy» by the GOP, stamping out Black lawmakers.
«It’s about race,» said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee.
«I feel like I’ve been assaulted,» said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo.
«We’ve seen this before,» said Rep. Greg Meeks, D-N.Y., the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
«We’re looking at losing possibly 19 members of the Congressional Black Caucus because of this frankly racist redistricting efforts targeted towards disenfranchising Black voters across the country,» said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Republicans say turnabout is fair play. They note that you can’t find a Republican anywhere in the six states which comprise New England.
«It’s out of whack. It’s out of balance. And I think Republicans are finally waking up given the legal landscape changes and going, ‘Well, maybe we need to reconsider the way that we do things in our state,’» said Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C.
South Carolina initially balked at drawing new maps. But the Palmetto State reversed course after President Trump demanded the state «get it done.» He instructed South Carolina Republicans to be «bold and courageous.»
Don’t forget that GOP Indiana state senators faced the President’s ire after the Hoosier State rejected his entreaties for redistricting there. The Trump White House waged an internecine campaign. President Trump’s allies toppled five Republican state senators who crossed him.
So South Carolina snapped to attention.
«The people of South Carolina are very supportive of President Donald Trump,» said Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC). «They understand perfectly that we’re in a conflict. A nationwide conflict.»
New maps in South Carolina could mean no Democrats in the state delegation. That could eliminate the district of former House Majority Whip and Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C. Clyburn first came to Capitol Hill in 1993. He’s widely regarded for salvaging the 2020 campaign of former President Biden, helping him ride to victory in the South Carolina primary.
Still, Democrats believe they can seize the House, even as Republicans try to squeeze the map through redistricting.
«There are 45 districts in play that we’ve identified as opportunities to flip in this upcoming midterm election,» said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
Democrats believe they’ll run up the scoreboard in California. Pluck off a couple of Republicans in Arizona and Colorado. Maybe one in Utah. Take a few in Texas after redistricting there. Make a play for a seat in Montana. Win a seat or two in Pennsylvania. Claim two seats in Virginia – despite the Virginia Supreme Court ruling there. Pick up a couple of seats in New Jersey and New York.
Remember that Democrats just need a net gain of three seats to secure the House majority.
However, that «blue wall» might not hold in all of New England this time around.
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, is retiring. He’s one of the most moderate Democrats in Congress. Vice President JD Vance just traveled to Bangor, Maine, recently to talk about fraud – and boost the campaign prospects of former Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage.
LePage is running to succeed Golden. Republicans are bullish about their chances in northern Maine.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a «New York is Not For Sale» rally at Forest Hills Stadium on Oct. 26, 2025. (Stephani Spindel/VIEWpress via Getty Images)
LePage will be 78 if he wins – the oldest freshman in congressional history. However, this is ironic. Maine’s Democrat Gov. Janet Mills was running for Senate – but bowed out. Some Democrats believed she was too old. Mills would have been 79 as a freshman senator had she stayed in the race and prevailed.
But back to what faces the Democrats.
Democrats are trying to find their footing after the double whammy of the Supreme Court Voting Rights Act decision and the Virginia Supreme Court rejecting the statewide redistricting referendum. House Democrats huddled to discuss their battle plan.
«I’m more energized now than ever to make sure that we’re in the field, that we’re doing the work and whatever it has to take to win,» said Meeks.
«We’re going to win,» said Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). That’s the House Democrats’ political arm.
«Democrats are prepared to use whatever levers we can to influence the outcome of the election,» said Thompson.
Some of this sounded a little like political pablum with no real direction.
Yours truly pressed Thompson.
«Respectfully, this all sounds kind of vague. You guys have a five-alarm fire now after those two court decisions, and I’m not hearing any specifics,» I countered Thompson.
«Well, you just stay tuned,» countered Thompson.
«How does that convince the voters, though?» your trusty reporter queried.
«Look,» said Thompson. «We are two weeks away from a crazy Supreme Court decision. You can’t expect anyone to come with a strategy right now.»
Two weeks after the decision which could hamstring Democrats’ chances to win the House? Never mind that the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case last year and oral arguments were in the fall. Democrats understood the gravity of this case and how it could chew into any plan to flip the House in the midterms.
Democrats are banking on Republicans overplaying their redistricting hands. But how Democrats energize their base wasn’t immediately clear after their conclave on the subject.
«The American public gets to make this decision. That’s a great thing about American democracy. And we’re working,» said Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a military Mother’s Day event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2026. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But «working» doesn’t necessarily garner votes. It would be «news» if the Democrats weren’t working on the issue.
«That doesn’t sound like much of a concrete plan, though, Mr. Morelle?» yours truly interjected.
«I am not going to share my concrete plan with you,» replied Morelle.
A group of northern Democrats – ranging from Ocasio-Cortez to Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., headed to Montgomery, Ala., over the weekend to make the case against the GOP’s redistricting ploys.
«We shall overcome,» intoned Booker.
Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., son of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, is now imploring Black student-athletes who attend school in the South to enter the transfer portal and play instead in the North.
Yet another way to pit the Big Ten against the SEC.
Rallying in the South may rile up Black voters. But it won’t help Democrats take back the House if all they’re doing is driving up voter participation in districts Democrats can’t win – thanks to the redrawing of the boundaries.
However, if Democrats do succeed in getting people to the polls – yet the playing field is tilted against them – we could be in for an econometric anomaly this fall.
It was a presidential election year in 2012. Democrats failed to win control of the House after losing it in a 2010 midterm shellacking. With President Obama on the ballot, Democrats secured nearly 1.6 million more votes than Republicans in House races nationwide in 2012. Yet Democrats failed to win the House.
Republicans won control of the House from the Democrats in 1994 for the first time in four decades. But with President Clinton handily riding to a second term in 1996, Democrats still struggled to win back the House. Democrats outpaced Republicans in the popular vote for the House that year by nearly 300,000 votes nationally.
Democrats have redrawn lines in their favor in California. But Republicans appear to have superseded that with their lines in the South. It’s a distinct possibility that Democrats could command more popular votes for House seats nationwide – and not get back the House. This statistical phenomenon is even more glaring that the party with the most popular votes fails to control the House in a midterm – not a presidential election year when a sitting executive is returned to the White House in the cases of Presidents Clinton and Obama.
That’s why some Democrats believe they should have been even more aggressive with redistricting.
Maryland is a case study. The Democratically-controlled state took a pass.
«I believe that we had an opportunity to do that. I supported it, and I still believe that would have been the right course for us to take,» said Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md. «These are extraordinary times And I think we should take extraordinary measures to protect the opportunity to have those votes counted.»
Maryland would have made the entire state blue, drawing out of his seat Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., chair of the House Freedom Caucus.
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Democrats see the GOP tactics as an existential political threat. President Trump commanded about one-fifth of Black male voters in 2024. And that’s why Democrats are framing this fight around civil rights.
It’s a race about redistricting. But Democrats also see this as a race – about race.
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Elecciones en Perú: Roberto Sánchez, el ex ministro de Pedro Castillo que busca llegar al poder bajo la sombra de su sombrero
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Gobernabilidad y crimen organizado: los dos máximos desafíos que enfrentará el nuevo presidente peruano
El nuevo gobierno del Perú asumirá el 28 de julio próximo bajo el desafío de lograr gobernabilidad en un país de enorme inestabilidad política y combatir la inseguridad creciente bajo la amenaza del crimen organizado.
Mientras se aguardan los resultados oficiales del balotaje de este domingo, los candidatos Keiko Fujimori (derecha) y Roberto Sánchez (izquierda), tienen desafíos comunes, aunque con distinto peso politico a la hora de intentar resolverlos
“El nuevo presidente tendrá el desafío primordial de generar un clima de orden y estabilidad que parta de una política contra la inseguridad ciudadana que funcione. No es una tarea fácil. Esto no solo tiene que ver con la delincuencia, sino también generar predictividad y confianza en el Estado”, dijo a TN la analista política Giovanna Peñaflor, directora de la encuestadora Imasen.
Quien gane el balotaje se convertirá en el noveno presidente de Perú en la última década, algo insostenible para una ciudadanía que observa como asumen y caen gobiernos que duran en promedio un año y dos meses en el poder antes de ser “vacados” (destituidos) por el Congreso.
Cuatro exmandatarios están hoy en la cárcel y otro esta bajo arresto domiciliario. Los demás enfrentan graves cargos judiciales. Esta inédita inestabilidad institucional generó en los últimos años una profunda desconfianza ciudadana en la dirigencia y los partidos políticos.
Es un contexto político difícil. El primer paso para el nuevo gobierno será lograr gobernabilidad a través de pactos en el Congreso.
“Keiko Fujimori, si bien no tiene mayoría absoluta (en ambas cámaras legislativas), tiene mayores posibilidades de manejarse mejor en el Parlamento. Ya lo ha hecho en los últimos años cuando no ha manejado una mayoría y sin embargo ha logrado sacar leyes que responden a sus intereses”, dijo la analista.
Roberto Sánchez, desde la izquierda, “tiene menor capacidad para hacer alianzas” y tendrá un camino más difícil para lograr estabilidad y evitar que el Congreso termine con su eventual gobierno.
La inseguridad en la mira
La economía peruana está hoy fuera del foco de las mayores preocupaciones de la ciudadanía, aunque persisten las enormes desigualdades sociales que atraviesan la sociedad.
El PBI creció 3,4% en 2025 y los economistas esperan que este año lo haga entre 2,7 y 3,2%. La inflación cerró el año pasado en apenas 1,5% interanual.
“La economía funciona bien en la macro. El desafío es que funcione mejor en la micro”, dijo Peñaflor.
Agentes de policía custodian el lugar donde la candidata presidencial Keiko Fujimori, del partido Fuerza Popular, se reúne con sus simpatizantes para desayunar durante la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales en Lima, Perú, el domingo 7 de junio de 2026. (Foto AP/Martin Mejia)
Pero los peruanos están hoy muy preocupados por la ola de inseguridad. Según las últimas estadísticas oficiales, se registran 10,7 homicidios por cada 100.000 habitantes (frente a 3,7 de la Argentina). Es una cifra inédita para el país.
En ese contexto, surgió una nueva figura en el mapa del delito: el sicario. Además, hay un gran incremento de las extorsiones a transportistas y pequeños negocios, en medio de protestas contra la inseguridad y cuestionamientos a la dirigencia política.
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Algunos choferes de colectivos advierten que está aumentando el uso de chalecos antibala ante el aumento de asaltos y atentados contra quienes se niegan a pagar estas extorsiones a cambio de su “seguridad”.
Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso, fundador y director de Asuntos Públicos del Instituto de Criminología de Perú, dijo a TN que “el desafío principal es el crimen organizado”.
“Hay una línea vinculada a la extorsión o al sicariato, que es un tema muy urgente, muy urbano y por ende muy cercano a la ciuadanía. Esto debe resolverse en el corto y mediano plazo con medidas que apunten contra el fenómeno asociado a este flagelo”, sostuvo el experto.
Además, dijo que el nuevo gobierno debe apuntalar una agenda que incluya una reforma del sistema de seguridad y justicia.
“Está súper pendiente la reforma de la policía y cómo se articula eso a mejoras en el sistema de seguridad y justicia, como el Cuerpo Judicial, etc. Y en ese contexto también cómo se trabaja en el cierre de brechas, para que las instituciones puedan trabajar operativamente bien”, indicó.
Para Peñaflor, otra línea de trabajo que deberá tener en cuenta el nuevo gobierno es “enrumbar al país en un proyecto de desarrollo a largo plazo”.
“Falta pensar un proyecto en que Perú no solo crezca económicamente, sino que tenga posibilidades de desarrollar y encontrar su papel en el mundo”, concluyó.
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Hezbollah’s secret ‘kill, wound and maim’ bomb network exposed as Israel strikes Beirut
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Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes on sites it described as Hezbollah command centers in Beirut’s southern suburbs Sunday, hours after Israeli officials said Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel. Hezbollah did not immediately claim responsibility.
The escalation came days after the U.S., Israel and Lebanon announced a renewed conditional ceasefire framework requiring Hezbollah to halt fire and withdraw from parts of southern Lebanon. It also followed the release of IDF footage that Israel said showed troops dismantling a Hezbollah explosives facility, where an outside expert said components appeared consistent with anti-personnel shrapnel devices designed to wound or kill people on foot.
The strikes mark a major cross-border escalation days after the U.S., Israel and Lebanon announced a renewed conditional ceasefire framework requiring Hezbollah to halt fire and withdraw from parts of southern Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the military action was direct retaliation for the group’s violation earlier in the day.
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An explosion erupts from a building following an Israeli strike in central Beirut, Lebanon, on March 18, 2026. (Hussein Malla/AP Photo)
Concurrently, footage released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) showed troops locating and dismantling a hidden, booby-trapped explosives warehouse.
The multipurpose assembly hub appeared to contain materials that could be used in makeshift shrapnel and propane tanks to create a distributed, lethal network.
Nick Reese, an adjunct professor at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs and a former U.S. national security adviser, told Fox News Digital that the captured weapons cache suggests a deliberate emphasis on personnel casualties, which could be military or civilian targets.
«Given the current situation, they probably targeted more military personnel. Shrapnel bombs are intended to hurt and kill people on foot,» Reese said.
«The video cuts between the IDF entering the building and showing the contents. It’s at this moment that they probably cleared any booby traps,» Reese added. «It would be standard practice to look for and disable any booby traps in a facility like this before going inside and before filming anything.»
«It’s possible the booby traps could be using shrapnel methods, but I can’t see evidence of that in the video. It shows what appears to be a shrapnel bomb, but it is not hidden so likely not a booby trap unless the IDF disarmed it off camera,» he said.
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Hezbollah worked to build facilities below private residential buildings and houses. (Benoît Durand / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)
Among the items found in the raid was a container filled with nails and other sharp objects, which Reese noted are specific indicators of anti-personnel targeting.
«This video shows what appears to be a container with nails or other sharp implements in it,» Reese noted. «This is likely for creating shrapnel bombs intended to kill, wound, and maim targets.»
«Such devices are both effective and cause significant fear among the population, which was likely the intent,» Reese continued. «The method is not particularly sophisticated but shows that they were targeting humans, not simply hardware or infrastructure.»
«Making shrapnel bombs also tends to be cheap, easily concealed, and effective, especially against personnel. These types of bombs would likely have been in significant use.»
«The video shows a variety of materials that could have been used to create bombs, from makeshift shrapnel to what appears to be a propane tank,» Reese explained.
«These components would be used for very different purposes, so the location seems to have been a central general-purpose explosives-making facility.»
«Propane tanks would be used for larger targets like tanks or buildings, while shrapnel would be used against infantry or in public places,» Reese said.
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Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs following reported strikes amid escalating conflict involving Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, on March 6, 2026. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)
The dismantling of the factory follows a high-profile decapitation strike against the leadership running these hidden networks.
The IDF announced Friday that an airstrike in Lebanon killed Hezbollah’s chief explosives engineer, Abed Harb, the commander of Hezbollah’s engineering unit, after he «attempted to harm» Israeli soldiers.
The military said Harb was a veteran commander responsible for «numerous attacks against IDF soldiers» over the decades.
When considering the expertise required to manage such operations, Reese observed: «Over a 20-year career, this is difficult to say. Given Iran’s well-known funding and support to Hezbollah and its experience fighting the Israelis in multiple conflicts, he likely had a mix of internal and external training combined with combat experience.»
«Harb was targeted as part of an effort to disrupt Hezbollah’s war-making infrastructure and limit its ability to continue to plan and execute large bombing operations against the IDF and civilian targets.»
«The loss of Abed Harb by Hezbollah is not just a loss of leadership but of institutional knowledge,» Reese added.
«His two decades of battlefield experience were significant to Hezbollah not only because of his bomb-making abilities but because of how he understood the IDF, Hezbollah, and the junior ranks.
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«As a member of Hezbollah since 2006, Harb likely had significant skills in making and disguising bombs over a 20-year career, which will be a blow to Hezbollah’s operational capabilities and infrastructure,» Reese said.
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