A full-scale redistricting battle is raging across the country – largely at President Donald Trump’s behest – with Republican-controlled legislatures in multiple states facing increasing calls from the president and his allies to eke out additional GOP seats to fortify the party’s majority in the US House.

Several GOP senators said the plan would undermine ranchers already struggling with market pressures and high production costs.

Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said Brennan lied to Congress about an investigation into whether Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Trump.

It’s been a long time since Democrats have been on the right side of any political fight when you look at the polls, but this is one of those times.

Americans’ trust in the Republican Party to keep the United States prosperous has dropped to its lowest point in more than a decade, according to a new Gallup poll. Newsweek reached out to a Republican National Committee spokesperson for comment via email.

Gavin Wax, the now-former chairman of the New York Young Republican Club, resigned from his post this weekend after facing a torrent of hard right wrath from online influencers who elevated claims from some in the chat that he was responsible for their messages coming to light.

That was the day after Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, both Arizona Democrats, confronted Johnson and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in the Capitol to press them on the shutdown and the delayed swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz.

A Vermont state senator who took part in a Young Republicans group chat on Telegram in which members made racist comments and joked about rape and gas chambers has resigned.

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services website said: "Because Republicans in Washington D.C., failed to pass a federal budget" November SNAP benefits can't be paid.