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Judge rules Alina Habba was unlawfully appointed as U.S. Attorney in New Jersey
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Vance pitches Trump's sweeping new law as a 'working families' tax cut' in swing-state Georgia
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance pitched President Donald Trump's sweeping new law as a 'working families' tax cut' during a visit Thursday to a refrigeration facility in swing-state Georgia, a preview of the midterm message that Republicans are expected to campaign on next year. In his third trip to promote Trump's tax cuts and spending bill, Vance cited its tax cut extensions as well as tax breaks on overtime and tips that he said 'rewards you instead of punishes you for working hard.' 'If you're working hard, the government ought to leave you alone,' Vance said in his visit to Alta Refrigeration, an industrial refrigeration manufacturing facility in Peachtree City, in metro Atlanta. Less than 20 miles to the northeast, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff was also talking about the tax law but noting provisions that cut Medicaid and food stamps by $1.2 trillion. He pointed to reports this week from Evans Memorial Hospital, a rural hospital in Claxton, Georgia, where the facility's CEO is blaming the law for a $3.3 million hole in the hospital's budget. Bill Lee, the president and CEO of the hospital, told reporters that it might need to cut its intensive care unit. 'To be very blunt, I think it is embarrassing for the vice president to be coming to Georgia to sell a policy that is already resulting in harm,' Ossoff said in Jonesboro at the Clayton County Chamber of Commerce. The visits encapsulate how both Republicans and Democrats are seeking to capitalize on the president's signature law before the 2026 elections, where U.S. House, Senate and governor's seats are up for grabs. The races will give voters nationwide one of their first chances to weigh in on the second Trump presidency. In Peachtree City, Vance described the cuts to Medicaid as ensuring that people who are in the United States illegally are not receiving benefits meant for low-income people. 'It's not about kicking people off of health care," Vance said. "It's about kicking illegal aliens the hell out of this country, so that we can preserve health care for American families.' Vance was joined by two members of Congress, Buddy Carter and Mike Collins, and former college football coach Derek Dooley, all of whom who are running in the GOP race to challenge Ossoff next year. At the Alta Refrigeration facility, Vance stood in a warehouse in front of a large American flag and two banners that said, 'Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!' As he spoke to several hundred people, the vice president also said he was proud to have gone out in the District of Columbia with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday to visit National Guard troops that Trump has deployed in the city as part of a law enforcement crackdown. 'We've got to take America's streets back for the American people,' Vance said. He was asked if the administration expected to deploy troops in Atlanta, too. Vance did not directly answer but said the Republican administration has focused on the situation in the nation's capital. 'We hope the people see what we're doing in Washington, D.C., and follow our example all across the country," he said. Last month, Vance also promoted the new law in visits to areas in Ohio and Pennsylvania that are expected to have competitive U.S. House races next year. While Georgia will host a competitive U.S. Senate race in 2026, the congressional district where Vance stopped on Thursday is heavily Republican. It's represented in Congress by Republican Brian Jack, a former Trump aide who served in the president's first term as his political director. Before his stop in Peachtree City, Vance appeared at a closed-door meeting of Republican National Committee members in Atlanta. Vance is the finance co-chair of the RNC and has been leading fundraising efforts for the party. Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press Erreur lors de la récupération des données Connectez-vous pour accéder à votre portefeuille Erreur lors de la récupération des données Erreur lors de la récupération des données Erreur lors de la récupération des données Erreur lors de la récupération des données
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Texas, California race to redraw electoral maps ahead of US midterms
Republican-controlled Texas and Democratic-run California were set Thursday to forge ahead on creating new congressional maps, in a cutthroat struggle to tilt the outcome of next year's US midterm elections before voters even cast a ballot. The fierce battle between the country's two largest states has been set off by President Donald Trump's drive to protect the thin Republican majority in the US House of Representatives and avoid becoming mired in Democratic investigations from 2027. Under pressure from Trump, Texas fired the starting gun in a tussle that pro-democracy activists warn could spread nationwide. Its state house on Wednesday approved new congressional boundaries that would likely eke out five extra Republican districts. The state senate was scheduled to green-light the bill later Thursday and send it to Governor Greg Abbott for a signature -- just as California's assembly and senate rush to respond. The Golden State's Governor Gavin Newsom -- an early frontrunner for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination -- has been pushing a map that would likely cancel out Texas by adding five Democratic seats. Its legislature will vote on a trio of bills allowing for a special election to change the constitution, clearing the way for Newsom to replace the state's existing congressional maps through 2030. The Texas House approved its new district boundaries after a two-week drama sparked by Democrats fleeing the state in an effort to block the vote and draw nationwide attention to the issue of partisan redistricting, known as "gerrymandering." The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting passed the new map in a 5-3 vote Thursday lunchtime, teeing up an evening vote of the full chamber. Redistricting usually occurs once every decade, taking into account population changes registered in the latest census. - 'Clinging to power' - The unusual mid-decade effort in Texas is expected to spark a tit-for-tat battle, potentially dragging in liberal-leaning Illinois and New York, and conservative Florida, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. "The Great State of Missouri is now IN," Trump announced Thursday on social media, in a post understood to be referring to redistricting. "I'm not surprised. It is a great State with fabulous people. I won it, all 3 times, in a landslide. We're going to win the Midterms in Missouri again, bigger and better than ever before!" But New York's Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul called the push the "last gasp of a desperate party clinging to power," warning Trump in a statement that she would "meet him on the same field and beat him at his own game." Former president Barack Obama endorsed California's retaliation as a "smart and measured" response to anti-democratic moves by Trump. "(Since) Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering in the middle of a decade to try and maintain the House despite their unpopular policies, I have tremendous respect for how Governor Newsom has approached this," he said. Newsom has a tougher task than Abbott in pushing through the redistricting plans, as California voters must first agree in a referendum in November to bypass the independent commission that normally controls the process. Californians have traditionally been deeply wary of partisan redistricting, and while Democrats have called for independent commissions nationwide, a new Politico-UC Berkeley Citrin Center poll shows they would make an exception for the pushback against Texas. Republicans are suing Democrats, alleging that November's vote would be unlawful, although the California Supreme Court rejected an initial challenge late Wednesday. "Yes, we'll fight fire with fire. Yes, we will push back. It's not about whether we play hardball anymore -- it's about how we play hardball," Newsom said in a call with reporters. ft/des
