Republicans in Indiana and Kansas are resisting pressure from President Donald Trump to redraw congressional districts.

North Carolina Republicans are moving with remarkable speed to add help add an 11th member of their party to the state’s 14-member congressional delegation. The Senate voted 26-20 along party lines on Tuesday to give its final approval to a new map that would make one more congressional district unwinnable for a Democrat.

Anxiety is rising among congressional Republicans that their party has no plan to address a critical health deadline this fall that will result in spiking costs for millions of Americans – the issue at the heart of the deepening government shutdown crisis.

Senate Democrats want an extension to expiring Obamacare subsidies, but Republicans won't budge until the government is reopened.

As Republican and Democratic lawmakers trade blame for the U.S. government shutdown, some have begun to worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive President Donald Trump.

Louisiana’s current congressional map, passed in early 2024, is made up of six House seats, including two districts with a majority Black electorate. Those two seats are held by Black Democrats, Troy Carter of New Orleans and Cleo Fields of Baton Rouge.

Sununu, who served the Granite State in the Senate until he lost a re-election bid to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., in 2008, said in an announcement video, “I'd be honored to have your support and return to the Senate to help calm the waters."