Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redrawn US House maps, giving Republicans a win

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday blocked a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, dealing another major setback to the party’s nationwide battle with Republicans for dominance in this year’s midterm elections. The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led Legislature violated procedural requirements by putting a constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize mid-decade redistricting….

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Trump administration will win appeal of ruling against temporary tariffs, US trade chief says

David Lauder WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday that the Trump administration expects to win its appeal of the International Trade Court’s ruling on temporary 10% global tariffs to replace tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court. Greer told Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” that the International…

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US removes all enriched uranium from Venezuela reactor, ships materials to SC in major nuclear security op

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration announced Friday that the United States and partners have completed the removal of all remaining enriched uranium from a legacy research reactor in Venezuela. “The RV-1 reactor has supported physics and nuclear research for decades. When this work was completed in 1991, uranium enriched above the…

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