Has the US Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act – and how?
Ruling, called ‘big win’ by Trump, will result in redistricting in Louisiana, but it will have farther-reaching effects.

Ruling, called ‘big win’ by Trump, will result in redistricting in Louisiana, but it will have farther-reaching effects.









Deir el-Balah residents vote for first time since 2006 despite destruction, displacement and genocide.
Palestinians are voting in Gaza’s first municipal elections in 21 years. Around 70,000 people are registered to vote.
Gaza officials say Deir el-Balah vote is a ‘pilot’, while occupied West Bank also goes to first polls since 2023 war.
Frustration with the Palestinian Authority and Israeli occupation fuel voter apathy in local West Bank elections.
The elections offer participation without power, revealing how occupation shapes and limits Palestinian political life.
Anticorruption police gathered material from the homes of ex-election office head Piero Corvetto and other officials.
Deir el-Balah holds Gaza’s first local election in 21 years amid war ruins, with residents demanding real solutions.

Millions in West Bengal are voting in a state election, but more than 9 million names have been deleted from the rolls.
Rival party workers fight on election day in India’s West Bengal
Political commentators believe C Joseph Vijay can at best be a disruptor in what has become a three-cornered contest.