"Lie," from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi, saying.
Republicans, in parts of the South, are forging ahead with new congressional maps that would
favor them in the midterm elections.
“After the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling last week that further week in the Voting”
Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination. Over a heavy protest, Tennessee Republicans passed the U.S. House map yesterday that carves up Tennessee's only majority black district covering Memphis. There were similar protests today in Alabama. Videos circulating online of disruptions in the Alabama State House gallery as debate
was underway. Over the GOP's push for mid-decade redistricting in the state. Alabama Congresswoman Terry Suele has been following these developments in her state, happening the same day as a Virginia Supreme Court issued a ruling against a voter approved referendum that could have given Democrats in that state and advantage in the midterms. The Republicans in Texas and Florida didn't even ask the people of their state to weigh in
on whether to redistribute or not. In California and in Virginia, voters actually voted.
“Voted on redrawing the maps. It is a race to the bottom. I will grant you that. I think”
none of us benefit from this race to the bottom on seats. But I think that we will appeal this because at the end of the day, what the Virginia Court is doing is subverting the will of the people. The Census Bureau's internal watchdog has launched a review of a field test for the 2030 census that's taking place in parts of Alabama and South Carolina. NPR's Hanzi low-wong reports the Trump administration made last minute changes to the test that's
race concerns about how the Bureau is preparing for the National Head Count. The Congress Department Inspector General's office says it's looking into whether the 2026 census test actually helps the Census Bureau make the next once a decade head count more accurate and less costly, with little explanation that Trump administration downsize the test. And now only involves households and parts of Huntsville, Alabama and Spartan
Burke, South Carolina. If they don't fill out an online survey this month, they may get a
“knock at their door starting in June from Census Workers or U.S. Postal Service Workers.”
A past government accountability office study found using postal workers to conduct census interviews would not be cost effective. The survey asked people about their U.S. citizenship status. Research shows that's likely a hurt the accuracy of numbers used to redistribute poker representation and federal funding on Zila Wong and Fjarnes. The online learning system canvases back online after a cyber attack disrupted thousands
of schools and tens of thousands of students worldwide, 30 million users, including at
half of a higher education institutions in North America rely on Canvas to manage courses submit assignments, view grades, and facilitate communication according to its parent company in structure. From Washington, this is NPR News. Starting today, Mehta will be able to access conversations sent through direct messages on Instagram. And Pierce Windsor Johnson reports a change rules back a privacy feature the
company once promoted as the future of online communication. Critics say the move is raising new concerns about how private users' conversations really are on social media platforms. Mehta says Instagram's optional end-to-end encrypted messaging feature is being discontinued because relatively few users adopted it. The company says messages will still be protected from hackers, but privacy advocates warn the change could
give Mehta broader access to conversations shared through direct messaging, audio calls and video chats. Mehta says the shift will help improve safety monitoring and respond to growing regulatory pressure over harmful content online. Users who want encrypted messaging are being encouraged to move those conversations to other platforms, like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Windsor Johnson and PR News.
Today, a flotella of 30 boats carrying A to Gaza departed from the island of Creight. Last week, these really navy intercepted many of the boats and arrested people. Here's Dury
Biscare. Organizers of the global sumoed flotella said the boats will first make a technical
stop in southern Turkey before continuing on to Gaza. Two organizers remain in pretrial detention in Israel. More than 170 participants were released to Greek authorities after Israel's military intercepted the boats. Four members reported being sexually assaulted by Israeli soldiers during their detention flotella organizer said. The Israeli military called the allegations fabricated and baseless. For impaired news, I'm Dury Biscare in Istanbul.
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