California's redistricting plan to counter the new map President Trump requested in Texas has passed all legislative hurdles and is headed to voters on the Nov. 4 ballot.

The Texas Legislature passed a plan called for by President Trump to give Republicans an edge. And California lawmakers are sending theirs to the voters as the two most populous states compete to shape the midterm elections for Congress.

Some 2 in 5 of all the local officials who administered the 2020 election left their jobs before the 2024 cycle, new research has found.

As President Trump vows to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the midterms, NPR asks Wendy Weiser of the Brennan Center about the administration's track record on voting access.

But legal experts say he lacks the constitutional authority to do so.

While just a fraction of Republicans in Congress are holding town halls during the August recess — in-person and virtual — the questions from voters, and answers from lawmakers, strike a similar tune.

Even many voters who support the president questioned the lengths his administration is going to to remove people from the country.

State leaders in both parties say they're ready to redraw political lines ahead of 2026, but state laws and constitutions make mid-decade redistricting virtually impossible in many places.

A record number of congressional lawmakers have announced they don't plan to run for their current seats in 2026, including Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn who is running for governor.

Latino voters helped deliver the White House to President Trump in the last election. Many of them already say they won't vote for Republicans next year, but they aren't yet turning to Democrats.