New video shows accused gunman trying to storm White House press dinner as gunfire erupts โ as it happened
1 May 2026 at 01:51
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Louisiana governor Jeff Landry yesterday told GOP candidates that he plans to suspend next monthโs primary elections so that state lawmakers can pass a new congressional map first, the Washington Post (paywall) reported last night.
It came hours after the US supreme court decided that Louisianaโs creation of a second majority black congressional district to satisfy previously rulings relied too heavily on race and was โan unconstitutional racial gerrymanderโ, as opposed to a required effort to comply with the Voting Rights Act.
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ยฉ Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP

ยฉ Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP

ยฉ Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP