In the day's other news, the US Supreme Court is ordering Louisiana to hold

congressional elections this year using a house map with a second mostly black

district. That's despite a lower court ruling that called the map illegal

based on racial gerrymandering. About a third of the state is black and the

ruling is seen as helping Democrats chances of gaining control of the closely divided House

if it's not challenged by further appeals or another court decision.

Slovakia's prime minister was shot multiple times today

in an assassination attempt that has shot his country and the

region.

Robert Fico had been attending a meeting of his government before the shooting.

A 71-year-old suspect is now in custody.

The country's interior minister said the attack was politically motivated,

and Slovakia's president expressed her outrage.

Some shock of an hour.

Shetizma, shock of me. I'm shocked

shocked. We are all shocked by the terrible and vicious attack on Prime Minister

Robert Vico. A physical attack on the Prime Minister is first of all an attack on a person but it is also an

attack on democracy. FICO's anti-American position has made him a divisive figure

both at home and abroad.

He's called for an end to funding for Ukraine,

which has worried European leaders

ahead of regional elections in three weeks.

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