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The Indiana Senate has rejected the state's new congressional map,

which was designed to add Republican seats in the U.S. House.

More than 20 Republicans sided with Democrats in voting to block the plan. U.S. House

Speaker Mike Johnson remains optimistic that the GOP will retain its majority in his chamber.

I guess that's a disappointing outcome in Indiana, but there's about 14 states at some

stage of the process now, either litigation or redistricting, so we shall see.

Texas and three other states have already heated President Trump's call for Republican-led

states to redraw their congressional districts. A federal grand jury is once again refusing

to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges. NPR's

Kerry Johnson has the story. A law enforcement source tells NPR,

a grand jury in Virginia declined to bring criminal charges against Tish James. The New York

Attorney General's a prominent critic of the president who sued him on civil fraud charges related

to his real estate business and won. Her lawyer, Abby Lowell, says the investigation of

James is a stain on the Justice Department and raises questions about its integrity. Two separate

grand juries in Virginia have now rejected indictments against James. A judge invalidated other

charges against her because the prosecutor president Trump installed was not

legally appointed. The Justice Department can try to seek a new indictment of James, but it's not

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