Why this is a big week for redistricting

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

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There’s a redistricting frenzy breaking out across the South following the Supreme Court’s Callais decision. Anna and Jake discuss the more than a dozen House seats at play. Plus, a handful of senior Republicans and Democrats are blasting the Trump administration’s sudden decision to withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at ⁠⁠punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.4	Presented by AI Progress. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch. Bought to you by Punchable News. It's Monday, May 4th, 2026. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, the redistricting frenzy.
0:37.7	Plus, an ice dispute is rocking damn primaries.
0:40.8	Number two, lawmakers are upset over Trump's defense moves in Germany.
0:44.5	And number three, the latest from the canvas.
0:47.3	All right, Jake, let's get to it.
0:48.8	We know that redistricting is going to be a massive store for 2026 and 2028,
0:53.7	but it is really an important one right now
0:57.2	as the South tries to look under pressure from Trump and they're trying to scramble to
1:04.4	redraw minority majority districts following the Supreme Court's decision to replace
1:08.8	black Democrats with loyal Republicans.
1:11.3	This, of course, is with all eyes towards a majority and probably the last hope that
1:16.7	Speaker Mike Johnson, unless something changes, can keep his majority of the House.
1:21.2	That's right.
1:21.8	So, I mean, the Supreme Court decision last week basically gutted, effectively gutted.
1:26.0	We said defanged last week. I think the better word
1:28.5	is gutted. You're moving into gutted. Yeah, well, you know, it's changed significantly the Voting
1:33.9	Rights Act. And the president said yesterday, I believe it was yesterday, it was over the weekend,
1:39.0	that this is not a quote, but legislatures need to not do what's convenient, but they need to
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