Republicans who were planning to run for newly gerrymandered districts may have to reassess, while Democrats who were drawn out of their seats could suddenly have a path back to Congress.

A federal court in El Paso ruled that the redistricting backed by Trump and Republicans to reshape the map for the 2026 midterms was based on race, not just political advantage for the GOP.

The Justice Department has joined a lawsuit seeking to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sued California on Thursday over its new redistricting maps after a ballot measure adopting new congressional districts passed in the state last week. The measure could give the Democratic-led state five more seats in the U.