Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today he's appointing Russ Vote to lead what's left of the U.S. agency for international development.

As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, vote already leads the Office of Management and Budget and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Secretary Rubio announced Votes new role in a truth social post, saying he would oversee the

closeout of the USAID's remaining programs. Earlier this year, President Trump appointed Rubio

to lead the aid agency, which was effectively dismantled. The few programs that remain merged with the State Department

in July. Votes new job comes as the White House moves to eliminate nearly five billion in funds

already appropriated by Congress, some of which went to USAID. The move effectively goes around Congress's

power of the purse and is considered illegal by many lawmakers.

Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott approved a new congressional map that could help Republicans

gain up to five additional seats in the House next year.

The Texas Newsrooms, Lucio Vasquez, has more.

Abbott signed the bill into state law,

proving a map designed to favor Republicans at President Trump's request. The redrawn districts could flip several seats from Democratic to GOP control in the 26 midterms. The measure passed

along party lines after Democrats fled the state in protests, returning only after California lawmakers pledged to pass their own map to offset Republican gains.

Critics say the new map dilutes the voting power of minority communities in major Texas cities. Federal lawsuits have already been filed.

I'm Lucio Vosquez in Houston.

In a federal court in Washington, D.C. today,

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook's attempt to temporarily block President Trump from firing her

ended with the judge not issuing a ruling.

This after two hours of oral arguments.

Trump has suggested Cook committed mortgage fraud and his federal housing finance agency

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