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A House district in Alabama was redrawn to empower Black voters, changing what had been a safe Republican seat into a highly competitive and potentially consequential battleground. Away from the [...]

I never thought I'd be grateful to the Alabama Supreme Court for anything, but now I am. With its decision deeming frozen embryos to be children under state law, that [...]

Byline: Lee Hedgepeth Amalia Hochman isn't from Alabama, but she's willing to fight for it anyway. Hochman, an organizer with the Sunrise Movement, approached Alabama's junior senator, Katie Britt, in [...]

Byline: Robert Barnes WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused Alabama's attempt to hold 2024 elections under a new congressional map judged to be an unlawful attempt to diminish [...]

Byline: Maegan Vazquez and John Wagner The Republican-led legislature in Alabama approved a new congressional map on Friday that increases the percentage of Black voters in two of the state's [...]

Byline: John Wagner and Maegan Vazquez The Republican-led House and Senate in Alabama approved dueling congressional maps Wednesday that would increase the percentage of Black voters in the state's 2nd [...]

Byline: John Wagner The Republican-led House in Alabama approved a new congressional map Wednesday that would increase the percentage of Black voters in its 2nd District - but not by [...]

Byline: Paul Kane A series of Supreme Court rulings gave Democrats a needed jolt to shore up their ranks in the South heading into the pivotal 2024 election. But those [...]

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Byline: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow The Supreme Court's voting-rights decision Thursday - that Alabama's Republican-led legislature drew congressional districts that unlawfully diluted the political power of Black voters [...]

Byline: John Fritze, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday unexpectedly ruled against Alabama in a challenge to its recently redrawn congressional districts, smacking down an argument for [...]

The main remaining power of the landmark 1965 law, over racial bias in political mapmaking, gets an unexpected buttressing from a court that had been weakening the law for years. [...]

Byline: Patrick Marley and Matthew Brown A Supreme Court decision Thursday on redistricting delivered Democrats an unexpected jolt of energy headed into next year's congressional races, offering a path to [...]

Byline: Robert Barnes WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court on Thursday said the Alabama legislature should have created a second congressional districts in which Black voters had a chance of [...]

Byline: Philip Bump The Auburn University Tigers went 13-0 in 2004, one of the best seasons in the school's history. But they were boxed out of the championship game after [...]

Byline: John Fritze, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with how far states must go to ensure congressional districts don't discriminate against minority voters in a case [...]

Byline: Robert Barnes WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's liberal justices combined Tuesday for an aggressive and unified defense against Alabama's efforts to limit creation of voting districts in which minorities [...]

Byline: Aaron Blake Voters in Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and Washington, D.C., selected their nominees on Tuesday for the November general election, with the first two states holding runoffs. This primary [...]

Byline: Hannah Knowles and Ryan Zickgraf Republican primary runoffs in Alabama and Georgia on Tuesday feature congressional candidates with dueling claims to the party base, pitting favorites of former president [...]

Byline: Hannah Knowles HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Rep. Mo Brooks, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Alabama, plasters his campaign rallies with signs for 'MAGA Mo' and echoes Donald Trump's [...]

Byline: Donna Cassata and Michael Scherer Former president Donald Trump on Wednesday withdrew his endorsement of Republican Rep. Mo Brooks in the U.S. Senate race in Alabama, accusing the fierce [...]

Byline: Amber Phillips One reliable strategy for Democrats in gerrymandering battles over the past decade has been to sue Republicans for racial gerrymandering - arguing that Republicans illegally packed minority [...]

Three federal judges in Alabama ruled that a new congressional map drawn by G.O.P. state lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act. After years of court decisions battering the Voting Rights [...]

Byline: Michael Scherer Rep. Mo Brooks leaves little doubt about how he hopes to win the Republican primary for Alabama's open U.S. Senate seat next year. The words 'Endorsed by [...]

Byline: Katie Shepherd On Wednesday morning, Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill went on a local conservative radio show to deny a story posted by a right-wing blog claiming [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis WASHINGTON - Former president Donald Trump made his first major foray into the 2022 battle for the Senate Wednesday, endorsing Rep. Mo Brooks to succeed Sen. Richard [...]

As a liberal in the Deep South, I am in the minority, but I persist. AUBURN, Ala. -- Since August, I've been in charge of Senator Doug Jones's campaign sign [...]

Byline: Amber Phillips If there was one establishment figure in Washington who understood Trumpism, it was Jeff Sessions. But Sessions is also the Washington figure who most clearly paid a [...]

Byline: Christal Hayes, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Jeff Sessions spent his tenure as attorney general walking a fine line with President Donald Trump. He eventually tipped the balance, getting fired [...]

Byline: Paul Kane and Toluse Olorunnipa They stood center stage before a cheering crowd of thousands five years ago, shaking hands in a half embrace that seemed to cement a [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel President Donald Trump spent his Monday night stumping for Tommy Tuberville, the former Auburn football coach who will face Jeff Sessions in Tuesday's runoff for the Republican [...]

Byline: Paul Kane Republicans in Alabama and Democrats in Texas will make key choices Tuesday about Senate races that have GOP strategists moving to thwart signs of Democratic momentum in [...]

President Trump's favored Senate candidate in Alabama, Tommy Tuberville, is known for his career as a college football coach. But he also had a brief stint as co-owner of a [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis WASHINGTON - Former attorney general Jeff Sessions, plotting a return to the U.S. Senate where he served for 20 years, received a rude awakening Wednesday when President [...]