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A handful of Republican state senators in South Carolina on Tuesday derailed an effort in the GOP-dominated legislature to redraw their state’s congressional district map which aims to erase the only Democrat-dominated U.S. House seat ahead of the midterm elections.
Five Republican state senators broke with their party and teamed up with Democrats to defeat a proposal that would have allowed the chamber to vote on redistricting after the South Carolina legislative session comes to a close later this week.
The move came hours after President Donald Trump warned on social media that he’d be «watching closely» as lawmakers met to move forward with changing their state’s map.
The setback means it will be much harder for South Carolina to join Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana, which are altering their maps to eliminate Democrat-controlled congressional districts in time for the midterms, when the GOP will be defending its razor-thin House majority. The southern states are the latest battleground in the nationwide redistricting showdown. At stake is which party will control the House during the final two years of Trump’s second term in the White House.
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The South Carolina Statehouse, in Columbia, S.C. (Getty Images)
The efforts by Republicans in the southern states come in the wake of a decision by the conservative majority on the Supreme Court to slash a key protection in the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. The justices ruled that race should not dictate the redrawing of legislative district maps.
South Carolina Republicans were trying to advance a new map that could put longtime Rep. Jim Clyburn, the only Democrat in the state’s seven-person House delegation, out of a job.
Clyburn this past week remained optimistic he can still win re-election.
«I don’t know why people think I could not get re-elected if they redistrict South Carolina,» Clyburn said in a CNN interview. «I have a district that’s about 45 percent African-American. I have no idea what the number will be after the legislature finishes, but whatever that number is, I will be running on my record and America’s promise.»
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Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images)
Trump, in a social media post Monday night, urged «South Carolina Republicans: BE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS.»
«Move the U.S. House Primaries to August, leave the rest on the same schedule. Everything will be fine. GET IT DONE!» he emphasized.
Trump’s message came a week after five Indiana Republican state senators who in December helped sink congressional redistricting in the solidly red Midwestern state were ousted by Trump-backed challengers in GOP primaries.
Shane Massey, the South Carolina Senate’s Republican majority leader, argued in a floor speech that following Trump’s lead on edistricting would be against the interests of the Palmetto State.
«South Carolina has always punched above their weight,» Massey said. «Doing this will diminish that influence.»
Republican South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey speaks during a debate on redistricting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (Jeffrey Collins/AP Photo)
But he also acknowledged that he will likely face political payback from Trump and the president’s allies.
«There are likely consequences for me, personally, taking the position that I am right now,» Massey said. «I’m comfortable with that. I may not like it, but I’m comfortable with it…My conscience is clear on this one.»
Other South Carolina Republicans had raised concerns that carving up the district represented by Clyburn could backfire on their party in the midterms.
The top four Republicans running for governor this year, Lt. Gov. Pam Evette, Attorney Gen. Alan Wilson, and Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman all criticized the lack of legislative action, with Evette describing it as «a betrayal of the people of South Carolina» and in «direct defiance» of Trump.
The current governor, Republican Henry McMaster, a top Trump ally, could still call the legislature back into special session to try and push through redistricting, but his office has so far said that scenario is unlikely.
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The GOP-dominated Tennessee legislature on Thursday quickly adopted a new map that would eliminate the only Democrat-controlled congressional district in the state, and would likely give Republicans control of all nine districts.
GOP Gov. Bill Lee quickly signed the new maps into law.
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen, who represents the majority Black district that’s being carved up, vowed legal action.
«Trump knows he HAS TO rig the game to keep his majority in November. And the TN GOP was willing to go along with it. It’s shameful,» Cohen wrote on social media. «Next stop is the courts.»
Trump praised Tennessee Republicans in his social media post and urged GOP lawmakers in South Carolina to act «just like the Republicans of the Great State of Tennessee were last week.»
President Donald Trump has urged Republican-controlled states to redraw their congressional district maps in time for this year’s midterm elections. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)
It’s back to the future in Alabama, after the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ideological ruling, cleared the way for the state to put in place a map Republicans drew up in 2023 that had been blocked by lower courts. The map would eliminate one of the state’s two blue-leaning congressional seats.
GOP Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday called for a special primary election in August in the four U.S. House districts altered by the new map.
Last week, the Supreme Court said that its decision declaring Louisiana’s map unconstitutional should go into effect immediately.
That cleared the way for the GOP-controlled state legislature to begin the process of reshaping the map, and hearings got underway on Friday.
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, a top Trump ally, took swift action in the immediate aftermath of the high court’s ruling, when he delayed the May 16 U.S. House primary elections in Louisiana.
Louisiana Republicans are aiming to erase one or both of the two Black-majority House seats, which are represented by Democrats.
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Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed into law a new congressional district map that may create up to four more right-leaning U.S. House seats (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service)
In Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last week signed a bill by the GOP-dominated state legislature that overhauls the red-leaning state’s congressional districts, adding four more right-leaning seats by eliminating districts currently controlled by Democrats.
Republicans currently control Florida’s U.S. House delegation by a 20-8 margin.
Democrats are fighting back.
On Monday, Democrats filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a Virginia state Supreme Court ruling invalidating a ballot measure that would have given their party an additional four left-leaning U.S. House seats.
Last week’s ruling in Virginia means the map used in the 2024 elections will stay in place for the 2026 ballot box showdowns. Democrats currently control the state’s U.S. House delegation by a 6-5 margin. The now overturned map could have resulted in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in the blue-leaning but competitive state.
How we got here
The battle over the maps ignited last spring when Trump, aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterms, first floated the idea of rare, but not unheard of, mid-decade congressional redistricting.
The mission was simple: redraw congressional district maps in red states to pad the GOP’s fragile House majority to keep control of the chamber in the midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.
When asked by reporters last summer about his plan to add Republican-leaning House seats across the country, the president said, «Texas will be the biggest one. And that’ll be five.»
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas called a special session of the GOP-dominated state legislature to pass the new map.
But Democratic state lawmakers, who broke quorum for two weeks as they fled Texas in a bid to delay the passage of the redistricting bill, energized Democrats across the country. Among those leading the fight against Trump’s redistricting was Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California.
California voters in November overwhelmingly passed Proposition 50, a ballot initiative that temporarily sidetracked the left-leaning state’s nonpartisan redistricting commission and returned the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democratic-dominated legislature.
That led to five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts in California, which aimed to counter the move by Texas to redraw their maps.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an election night press conference at a California Democratic Party office in Sacramento on Nov. 4, 2025. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo)
But the fight quickly spread beyond Texas and California.
Republican-controlled Missouri and Ohio and swing state North Carolina, where the GOP dominates the legislature, drew new maps as part of the president’s push.
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But in blows to Republicans, a Utah district judge late last year rejected a congressional district map drawn by the state’s GOP-dominated legislature and instead approved an alternate that will create a Democratic-leaning district ahead of the midterms.
And as mentioned, Republicans in Indiana’s Senate in December defied Trump, shooting down a redistricting bill that had passed the state House.
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When it comes to the U.S. food supply, more voters prioritize protecting public health than lowering food prices, according to the latest Fox News Poll.
The survey, released Monday, also finds broad voter support for key elements of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, even as they give Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. negative job ratings.
By a 16-point margin, voters prefer safeguarding public health (58%) more than lowering food prices (42%).
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That view crosses party lines, with majorities of Democrats (57%), Republicans (58%), and independents (62%) prioritizing health and well-being.
MAHA was popularized by Kennedy during his 2024 presidential campaign and evolved into a national health-policy movement after he ended his bid and endorsed President Trump. Some of its goals include improving nutrition, eliminating harmful additives, and enhancing children’s health.
Roughly 9 in 10 voters say it is extremely or very important for the government to focus on improving food safety (89% important), lowering food costs (88%), and expanding access to healthy foods (85%). About 8 in 10 consider limiting harmful additives (83% important) and increasing transparency in food labeling (81%) important. About 6 in 10 place the same emphasis on reducing vaping and nicotine use (63% important) or limiting screen time for children under age 16 (60%).
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Support for new food regulations is prevalent. More than 9 in 10 voters favor requiring clearer food labeling (91%), and almost as many (87%) support banning food additives that other countries have restricted because of health concerns.
Smaller majorities support banning flavored nicotine products, including vapes and nicotine pouches (65% favor) and prohibiting children under 16 from using social media platforms (60%).
Eliminating vaccine requirements is less popular, as fewer than 4 in 10 are in favor (36%) – although that number is up 10 points since December.
Most policies enjoy widespread support across key demographics, except on vaccines where differences emerge.
More Republicans (45%) than Democrats (25%) favor eliminating vaccine requirements in public schools by a 20-point margin (the only proposal where fewer than half of each group favor it), and more MAGA (53%) than non-MAGA Republicans (32%) support eliminating vaccines by 21 points.
Men, Black voters, and voters under age 30 are more likely to favor eliminating vaccine requirements than women, White voters, and voters 65 and up.
«If I were advising Republicans in state and local races in 2026, I would tell them to embrace key policy elements from the MAHA agenda,» says Republican pollster Daron Shaw who helps conduct the Fox News Poll alongside Democratic counterpart Chris Anderson. «Protecting Americans, especially children, from bad food, bad drugs, and bad apps is extremely popular, particularly with groups Republicans have struggled with lately.»
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Despite support for many MAHA priorities, Kennedy’s job rating remains underwater: 45% approve of his performance, while 54% disapprove. Those numbers are largely unchanged since last September.
About 9 in 10 MAGA Republicans (88%) approve of Kennedy, compared to 6 in 10 non-MAGA Republicans (58%).
Fathers (54% approve) and voters under 30 (51%) also boost Kennedy’s ratings, with more than half approving of his job performance, higher than mothers (43% approve), non-parents (44%), and voters 65 and over (39%).
A closer look at parents
Mothers and fathers differ in food-policy priorities. More moms prioritize keeping food costs low by 2 points, while dads favor protecting public health by 16 points.
Although parents and non-parents generally align on many MAHA-related issues, more dads than moms say it is important for the government to reduce screen time for children under 16 (68% vs. 47% important) and support banning children from social media platforms (67% vs. 59% favor).
Dads are also more likely than moms to favor eliminating vaccine requirements (52% vs. 33% favor), and more parents support eliminating them than non-parents (42% vs. 34% favor).
The generational divide
Voters under age 30 favor prioritizing public health more than lower food costs by 8 points, but that gap widens to 44 points among voters 65 and over.
On screen time, voters under 30 support banning children under 16 from social media by just 2 points, while that margin expands to 24 points among voters 65 and over.
When it comes to vaccines, young voters oppose eliminating them by 10 points, compared to a large 57-point opposition among those 65 and up.
Conducted June 12-15, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,002 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (101) and cellphones (644) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (257). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.
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Israel reafirmó mantendrá sus operaciones y la denominada “zona de seguridad” en el sur de Líbano pese a las exigencias de Irán
El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, el ministro de Defensa, Israel Katz, y el jefe del Estado Mayor, Eyal Zamir, reafirmaron este lunes que las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) mantendrán sus operaciones y la denominada “zona de seguridad” en el sur de Líbano, pese a las exigencias de Irán para que cesen estas acciones en el marco de sus conversaciones con Estados Unidos.
“Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) continuarán actuando con determinación para neutralizar las amenazas contra nuestros soldados y ciudadanos, desmantelar la infraestructura terrorista y mantener la zona de seguridad en el sur de Líbano”, señalaron Netanyahu, Katz y Zamir en una declaración conjunta difundida por la oficina del primer ministro.
El pronunciamiento llegó tras una reunión en la que también participó el comandante del Mando Norte, Rafi Milo. Según el comunicado, los responsables israelíes “han aclarado que la seguridad de los ciudadanos israelíes y de las fuerzas de las FDI seguirá siendo su principio rector, sin concesiones”.
Las autoridades israelíes reiteraron así su negativa a abandonar la franja que sus tropas ocupan en territorio libanés, una posición que justifican por motivos de seguridad para las comunidades del norte de Israel.
Las FDI continúan sus operaciones en esa zona con ataques dirigidos contra el grupo terrorisra Hezbollah. Según las autoridades libanesas, los enfrentamientos entre Israel y Hezbolá desde el 2 de marzo dejan más de 4.000 muertos y 12.000 heridos.
La continuidad de estas operaciones constituye uno de los principales puntos de fricción en las negociaciones entre Irán y Estados Unidos sobre un acuerdo para la paz en Medio Oriente. Teherán reclama el cese total de las acciones militares israelíes en el sur de Líbano.
Sin embargo, funcionarios israelíes insistieron en los últimos días en que no contemplan abandonar el territorio ocupado. El ministro de Exteriores, Gideon Saar, sostuvo el lunes que el Gobierno israelí no tiene “ambiciones territoriales” en Líbano, un día después de que Netanyahu comparara esa zona con otros territorios bajo control militar israelí en la Franja de Gaza y en Siria.
En un discurso televisado, el líder de Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, sostuvo que la permanencia de soldados israelíes en territorio libanés es inaceptable. “La permanencia de tropas israelíes en suelo libanés es imposible”, afirmó.
Qassem cuestionó además el concepto de una “zona de seguridad” controlada por Israel y defendió el papel de las Fuerzas Armadas libanesas como responsables exclusivas de la soberanía nacional. «No existen zonas de seguridad para Israel”, señaló.
El líder de Hezbollah también responsabilizó a Estados Unidos por la situación actual y aseguró que Israel deberá retirarse. “Israel es un agresor y debe marcharse”, dijo. Más adelante agregó: “Israel no permanecerá en el Líbano, incluso si aumenta sus crímenes, y nosotros nos defenderemos”.
Aunque los enfrentamientos en territorio libanés se han reducido desde el fin de semana, las tensiones continúan. Qassem advirtió que su organización respetará cualquier alto el fuego acordado dentro del marco de un cese integral de las hostilidades, pero dejó abierta la posibilidad de responder ante cualquier incumplimiento. “Nos enfrentaremos a cualquier violación”, afirmó.
Las diferencias sobre el futuro del sur del Líbano, la influencia regional de Irán y las garantías de seguridad para Israel aparecen así como algunos de los principales desafíos que deberán resolverse durante las negociaciones en marcha. Mientras Washington y Teherán intentan avanzar hacia un acuerdo más amplio, las declaraciones cruzadas de Netanyahu y Hezbollah reflejan que varios de los temas más sensibles del conflicto siguen lejos de encontrar una solución definitiva.
(Con información de Europa Press)
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