Democracy is deteriorating in much of the world and changes in the United States under President Donald Trump threaten to accelerate the decline, according to a pro-democracy institute that has the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democrats and pro-democracy organizations held a rally Oct. 16 to call for the creation of an independent redistricting commission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public ...

Texas Republicans have just unveiled new Trump-ordered congressional maps that eliminate five Democratic-held seats—deliberately shifting them to the GOP in a bid to lock down control of the U.S.

President Donald Trump’s drive to secure Republican advantage in the House through mid-decade redistricting, and Democrats’ move to retaliate, could supercharge the partisan shift in Congress. Samuel ...

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