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The Front Page Highlights As Republicans rush to redraw the region’s congressional maps, some voters are confused and concerned, and civil rights activists are gearing up for the fight of a generation.
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Rick Rojas Will Warasila Emma Goldberg Mark Bonamo, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Republicans have now acted to redraw congressional maps in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee, with varying degrees of success, while a battle in Utah could add a single additional Democratic seat there.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Just days earlier, the vote had been abruptly postponed as Republicans scrambled to redraw congressional boundaries in a way that would erase one of the state’s two majority-Black congressional districts and dilute the political influence that many in the congregation had fought for.
—Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
Efforts to redraw South Carolina’s maps ahead of the midterm failed this week.
—NBC news, 31 May 2026
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Rick Rojas Will Warasila Emma Goldberg Mark Bonamo, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Republicans have now acted to redraw congressional maps in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee, with varying degrees of success, while a battle in Utah could add a single additional Democratic seat there.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Just days earlier, the vote had been abruptly postponed as Republicans scrambled to redraw congressional boundaries in a way that would erase one of the state’s two majority-Black congressional districts and dilute the political influence that many in the congregation had fought for.
—Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
Efforts to redraw South Carolina’s maps ahead of the midterm failed this week.
—NBC news, 31 May 2026
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Energy markets don’t stop at state lines, so when one state rewrites the rules for major producers, every state feels it at the pump and on the power bill.—
Yaël Ossowski,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 May 2026
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The agency also revised the job data from previous months.—
Dian Zhang,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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The company in April revised its capital expenditure forecast this year to between $180 billion and $190 billion, up from its previous estimate of $175 billion to $185 billion.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Sigalet, as such, saw no purpose in reworking his game.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley, about 20 minutes from the stadium, spent its 20th‑anniversary year reworking its one‑bedroom suites.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2026
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On Monday, SpaceX amended its initial public offering to state that water conditions—including water scarcity, regulations around water, and drought—could constrain data center development.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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The condo’s founding documents required 100% unit owner approval to terminate the condo association, so the developer tried to use its majority vote to amend that threshold.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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Wembanyama rectified that mistake on the next play.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Nonalcoholic takes on the concept include the fruity Tarte Tatin Zero, a blend of caramel, rectified (or redistilled) apple juice, tonka, and vanilla foam, and the zippy Terminal Zero, crafted with agave syrup, lemon, mustard, and peppermint kombucha.—
Lane Nieset,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Francisco corrects Arnold's Spanish and has conversations with him through his computer speakers.—
Stephan Bisaha,
NPR,
4 June 2026
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But her cool daughter DEI (Sydney Park), who uses they/them pronouns, is always ready to correct her.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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The hope was likely for the show to have a longer run, in the vein of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, which opened on Broadway in 2018 and the West End in 2016, but has had multiple revisions to shorten the run time.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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Existing supply chains, maintenance networks, and operational data could shorten development timelines and reduce certification risks.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
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Hudson has offered a more moderate approach, saying the Senate should reform the process into a talking filibuster to allow Republicans to push the SAVE Act.—
Joseph Nepomuceno,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
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Their push to reform the state’s 2008 Biometric Information Privacy Act — which allows people to sue companies for collecting personal data without informed consent — went nowhere.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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