State Legislatures

• Key Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push - President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.
• Trump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws - The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
• Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map - Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president’s wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.
• Republicans Are Fighting With One Another in Deep-Red Indiana. Here’s Why. - Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.
• Florida Republicans Start Redistricting Talks, but Some Aren’t in a Rush - Redistricting talks in Florida got off to a slow start on Thursday, as state lawmakers grapple with political and legal questions amid internal power struggles.
• Supreme Court Clears Way for Texas to Use Republican-Friendly Redistricting Maps - Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by President Trump to gain a partisan advantage.