{"id":210562,"date":"2026-05-13T10:25:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-despite-presidential-pressure-some-republicans-in-south-carolina-take-stand-against-redistricting-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:25:49","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-despite-presidential-pressure-some-republicans-in-south-carolina-take-stand-against-redistricting-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-despite-presidential-pressure-some-republicans-in-south-carolina-take-stand-against-redistricting-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: despite presidential pressure, some Republicans in South Carolina take stand against redistricting – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five Republicans joined all Democrats in the state senate to reject a redistricting proposal that Trump is pushing for \u2013 key US politics stories from Tuesday 12 May at a glance
As Republicans scramble to redraw congressional maps after the US supreme court rendered ineffective a major section of the civil rights law that prevented racial discrimination, South Carolina<\/a> state senators have so far defied pressure to do the same.
On Tuesday afternoon, legislators in South Carolina rejected plans to follow the playbook of other Republican-controlled states, with the state\u2019s senate voting 29-17 \u2013 two votes short of the two-thirds needed \u2013 on the proposal. Five Republicans joined all Democrats in the chamber to reject the proposal.
Trump had <\/strong>urged them to back the redistricting proposal on Monday evening. The US president wrote on social media that he would be \u201cwatching closely\u201d, adding: \u201cGET IT DONE!\u201d
Shane Massey, the Republican majority leader in South Carolina\u2019s senate, articulated a different perspective in an address Tuesday.
\u201cToo many people in power want to do whatever it takes to stay in power \u2026 I believe the legitimate use of power in this case is to make people safer,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cI don\u2019t seek power to punish. I seek it to uplift.\u201d
The Republican majority leader in South Carolina\u2019s senate acknowledged he may well face intense criticism \u2013 not least from Trump \u2013 for resisting calls to redraw South Carolina\u2019s congressional map. But he insisted it was the right thing to do.
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US inflation jumped to 3.8% in April as the war in the Middle East continued to drive energy prices and everyday costs for Americans. Prices rose 3.8% over the last year, according to the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest jump since 2023.
This is the second official measure of the consumer price index, which measures the price of a basket of goods and services, since the start of the war with Iran. In March, prices rose 3.3%, up from 2.4% in February.
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Marty Makary resigned from his position as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, concluding a 13-month tenure at the regulatory agency that frequently drew the ire of the White House, Congress, industry and the public, Donald Trump<\/a> confirmed on Tuesday.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Embattled FBI<\/a> director Kash Patel has denied under oath recent allegations of excessive drinking and unexplained absences on the job, dismissing them as \u201cbaseless\u201d during a fiery congressional hearing.
Democrats challenged him over the \u201cextremely alarming\u201d reports, first reported<\/a> in the Atlantic mid-April, which they argued would a mount to a \u201cgross dereliction\u201d of duty. The FBI director has sued the magazine<\/a>, and the author of a story it published<\/a>, filing a defamation lawsuit in US district court for the District of Columbia that seeks $250m in damages.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> will return to the \u201cscene of the crime\u201d in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday for a shadow congressional hearing into abuses committed by the late sex offender.
Several members of the Democratic House oversight caucus are scheduled to join the victims and several expert witnesses at the hearing close to Epstein\u2019s former waterfront mansion where he procured girls as young as 14 to perform sexual services for wealthy guests.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s decision to restrict use of federal funds for fentanyl<\/a> test strips, in what officials described as a \u201cclear shift away from harm reduction\u201d, could have fatal consequences, experts and critics have warned.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump<\/a> has nominated Kari Lake, a longtime ally and former TV anchor who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor, to serve as the next US ambassador to Jamaica.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The risk of some Gulf states becoming embroiled in a direct war with Iran has risen<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>after it was reported<\/a> the United Arab Emirates had secretly launched a major attack on Iran during the conflict.
Jen Kiggans, a Republican congresswoman, has faced calls from Democrats to resign <\/a><\/strong>for agreeing with a radio host after he said top US House Democrat, Hakeem Jeffries, should get his \u201ccotton-picking hands off of Virginia\u201d.
The head of the World Health Organization has told countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases after the outbreak onboard the MV Hondius<\/a><\/strong>, and thanked Spain for the \u201ccompassion and solidarity\u201d it had shown by taking in the stricken cruise ship<\/a> and evacuating its passengers and crew.
Eileen Wang, the mayor of a southern California<\/a> city, resigned suddenly on Monday after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced she had been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent of China<\/a><\/strong>.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 11 May 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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