The Indiana State Senate has rejected a proposed mid-decade congressional redistricting plan, delivering a significant setback to President Donald Trump’s national effort to reshape U.S. House maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — and setting off a political reckoning within the Indiana Republican Party. Despite holding a commanding supermajority in the chamber, Senate Republicans fractured over the proposal, exposing deep internal divisions over strategy, timing, and po

Rep. Darrell Issa  has ended the speculation: he’s not going anywhere. Despite a newly drawn district that’s shifted more Democratic under California’s Prop 50 map, Issa confirmed he will run for re-election in the state’s 48th Congressional District  in 2026. For several days, political circles buzzed with talk that Issa was considering a move to Texas to run for a Texas U.S. House seat —a possibility fueled by ongoing redistricting efforts in Texas and tighter numbers at ho