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WSJ Minute Briefing

Supreme Court Backs Alabama’s Move to Redraw Majority Black District

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Plus: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s personal investments are coming under scrutiny from Republicans ahead of a planned IPO. And a U.K. political crisis hits the Pound and government bonds. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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Here's your morning brief for Tuesday, May 12th. I'm Daniel Bach for the Wall Street Journal.

0:22.2

The Supreme Court has greenlit Alabama's efforts to redraw its congressional map,

0:27.0

likely leading to the elimination of a majority black district currently held by a Democrat.

0:32.3

Yesterday's ruling comes after the court last month, sharply restricted states from using race to draw voting districts.

0:39.0

According to the Cook political report, Republicans stand to gain between two and 12 U.S. House seats

0:43.8

in November as a result of redistricting efforts, leading some Blue State Democrats to start targeting

0:49.4

map changes ahead of the 2008 election. In Washington, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee is launching

0:56.2

a probe into potential conflicts of interest related to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's personal investments,

1:02.5

as the company heads toward what could be the largest ever initial public offering. The move follows

1:07.8

a Wall Street Journal report that detailed Altman's efforts to have OpenAI-backed

1:11.8

companies he personally invested in. And in the UK, the pound is falling and borrowing has surged

1:17.7

to its highest level since 1998, triggered by a political crisis. Prime Minister Kier-Stomer

1:23.2

faces rising pressure to step down after his Labor Party suffered one of its worst ever

1:28.1

performances in local elections last week. Asian stocks ended the day mainly lower. European

1:33.6

stocks are down in midday trading, and U.S. stock futures have slipped ahead of the April

1:38.1

inflation report due out at 8.30 a.m. Eastern. And we have a lot more coverage of the day's

1:43.3

news on the WSSJ's What's News

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