The Republican Party is appealing a New York judge’s decision to throw out the congressional lines for a GOP-held district in New York City on Monday. The judge ruled that the current map for Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ district, which lies in Staten Island and Brooklyn, dilutes the power of its Black and Hispanic voters. The state’s Independent Redistricting Commission has now been tasked with creating a new map...

Conservative immigration experts were split on whether President Donald Trump was “backing down” after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the president told him he was considering reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota after they went into the state to enforce immigration law.  In addition to reported plans to retreat from Minnesota, the top Border Patrol official leading deportation operations around the country, including in Minnesota, will...