South Carolina Senate Shuts Down Trump's Preferred State Map (opens in new tab)

The South Carolina Senate abruptly adjourned on Tuesday without taking up a new congressional map that aimed to eliminate the state’s lone majority Black district and cement an entirely Republican delegation, By refusing to act, lawmakers defied pressure from President Trump and national conservatives to wade into the country’s redistricting wars before the November elections. The State Senate failed to pass a motion to stop debate on the map, according to the New York Times, signaling that w...