The White House Wants Indiana to Redistrict. Republicans There Are Split.

As President Trump asks Republican-led states to redraw congressional maps, some Indiana conservatives are pushing back. “They should leave it alone,” one legislator said.

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Justice Dept. Gives Congress Some Subpoenaed Epstein Files

The G.O.P. chairman of a key House panel was forced to issue the subpoena after a few Republicans banded together with Democrats to push it through.

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Members of Congress Seek to Expand Sports Diplomacy

With the United States hosting two sets of Olympic Games and the World Cup, lawmakers are pressing for the State Department to step up its sports diplomacy.

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Obama Endorses Newsom’s Redistricting Proposal as a ‘Responsible Approach’

The former president suggested that Democrats opposing G.O.P. efforts in Texas and elsewhere should advance their own gerrymandering plans.

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Senate Adds Guardrails in an Effort to Force Trump to Obey Spending Bills

Leaders of the Appropriations Committee are trying to tighten up funding legislation to give the Trump administration less leeway to refuse to spend federal money.

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California Republicans File Suit Seeking to Block Newsom Redistricting Plan

Republican state lawmakers argue that Democratic lawmakers violated 30-day disclosure rules in the California Constitution.

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Mike Castle, Bipartisan Delaware Congressman, Dies at 86

A fiscal conservative who supported gun control and other liberal causes, he was the last Republican elected to serve his state as governor and to represent it in the House.

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Justice Dept. Will Begin Sharing Epstein Files on Friday, Top Republican Says

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee said the department would miss a Tuesday deadline his panel set in a subpoena but would begin sharing some records on Friday.

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Republican Bid to Help Trump Move Past Epstein Falls Flat

Republicans in Congress managed to recess for the summer without voting on the issue, but it has continued to dog them and awaits them when they return.

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Redistricting Push Would Further Divide a Polarized Congress

Many state delegations are already under single-party control. New maps could tighten the partisan grip while decreasing the importance of general elections.

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