{"id":209258,"date":"2026-04-30T11:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-white-house-celebrates-as-civil-rights-groups-condemn-supreme-courts-voting-rights-act-ruling-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:38:44","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-white-house-celebrates-as-civil-rights-groups-condemn-supreme-courts-voting-rights-act-ruling-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-white-house-celebrates-as-civil-rights-groups-condemn-supreme-courts-voting-rights-act-ruling-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: White House celebrates as civil rights groups condemn supreme court\u2019s Voting Rights Act ruling – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Court\u2019s 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters\u2013 key US politics stories from Wednesday 29 April at a glance
The US supreme court has ruled <\/a>that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 civil rights law that prevents racial discrimination in voting.
The court\u2019s 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters. Some states may even rush ahead to try to redraw districts before this year\u2019s midterm elections.
The White House called the decision \u201ca complete and total victory\u201d.
\u201cThe color of one\u2019s skin should not dictate which congressional district you belong in,\u201d Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement. Asked by reporters on Wednesday whether states should redraw their congressional maps in response to the ruling, Donald Trump<\/a> said: \u201cI would.\u201d
Opposite reactions have poured in from lawmakers and civil rights groups, condemning the supreme court\u2019s decision, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which called the ruling \u201ca major setback for our nation\u201d.
Barack Obama<\/a> warned that the decision frees \u201cstate legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities \u2013 so long as they do it under the guise of \u2018partisanship\u2019 rather than explicit \u2018racial bias\u2019\u201d.
The US supreme court has ruled<\/a> that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting Rights Act.
In a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, the court rendered ineffective section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the last remaining powerful provision of the 1965 civil rights law that prevents racial discrimination in voting. Section 2 specifically has long been used to ensure minority voters are treated fairly in redistricting
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Pete Hegseth<\/a> has denied that the US-Israel war on Iran<\/a> is \u201ca quagmire\u201d and claimed critics of the operation posed a greater threat to the US than Iran itself, as he came under pressure to set out Washington\u2019s strategy for the conflict. Appearing before the House armed services committee alongside Gen Dan Caine, chair of the joint chiefs of staff, the US defense secretary asked lawmakers to approve a $1.5tn budget in military spending \u2013 and then described some of them as \u201cthe biggest challenge\u201d to the war effort.
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James Comey<\/a>, the former FBI director and political enemy of Donald Trump, surrendered to authorities on Wednesday at the eastern district of Virginia after the justice department indicted him this week for a second time.
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Federal prosecutors provided in a filing Wednesday the most detailed account to date of Cole Tomas Allen\u2019s alleged weeks-long plan to kill Donald Trump<\/a>, who had joined more than 2,500 members of the Washington press corps for their annual White House correspondents\u2019 dinner.
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The Florida legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans\u2019 advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that Donald Trump<\/a> launched before this year\u2019s midterms.
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The US may reduce its number of troops deployed in Germany, Donald Trump<\/a> has announced, days after the country\u2019s chancellor said the US was being \u201chumiliated\u201d by Iran.
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The US Federal Reserve<\/a> chair, Jerome Powell, will remain on the central bank\u2019s rate-setting board after his term as chair ends in May, a contentious move that signals continued uncertainty at the Fed.
Powell made the announcement after the Fed board on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged for the third time this year, despite Donald Trump\u2019s continued demands for rate cuts.
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The US supreme court sided with the operator of Christian faith-based anti-abortion \u201ccrisis pregnancy centers\u201d<\/a><\/strong> in New Jersey that is trying to impede a state investigation into whether the facilities engage in deceptive practices.
Kevin Warsh, \u200bDonald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Federal Reserve<\/a><\/strong>, cleared a key procedural hurdle, opening \u200cthe way for him to succeed Jerome Powell in the coming weeks.
The House oversight and government reform committee has said that former attorney general Pam Bondi will now appear before the panel on 29 May<\/a><\/strong> to answer questions about the Department of Justice\u2019s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> investigation and its release of the Epstein files.
Families of seven victims of a mass shooting at a secondary school in British Columbia are suing OpenAI and the company\u2019s CEO for negligence<\/a><\/strong> after it failed to alert authorities to the shooter\u2019s troubling conversations with ChatGPT.
Average US gas prices have hit a new high at $4.23 a gallon<\/a><\/strong>, their highest since 2022 and a record since the start of the war with Iran, according to the motor club AAA.
The US supreme court heard oral arguments on Wednesday over whether the Trump administration can strip the temporary protected status (TPS) of hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria<\/a><\/strong>, under a program that has shielded them from deportation owing to safety concerns in their countries of origin.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Tuesday 28 April<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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