Virginia Democrats seek emergency halt to ruling that blocks redistricting

A motion filed with the Virginia Court of Appeals on behalf of House Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) argues that a circuit court judge is interfering with the democratic process.

Virginia Judge Blocks Democrats’ Efforts to Redraw Congressional Maps

Democratic leaders vowed to appeal the lower court ruling, which found that the legislative process behind the redistricting ...

Virginia judge blocks Democrat-led redistricting amendment

A Virginia judge has dealt a blow to Democrats efforts to redraw the commonwealth’s 11 congressional districts ahead of this ...
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Tazewell judge blocks Virginia Democrats’ mid-decade redistricting plan over Special Session violations

A Tazewell County judge has blocked Virginia Democrats’ redistricting amendment, ruling that it violated Special Session ...
New York Post

Carl Heastie blocks justice for NY rape victims — to keep predators out of jail

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie talks with reporters about issues with 2026 state budget at the state Capitol Monday, April 28, 2025, in Albany, N.Y. Hans Pennink Rape is the one crime that’s ...
ZDNet

Microsoft's new AI agents won't just help us code, now they'll decide what to code

Microsoft is moving beyond copilots to fully autonomous agents. Foundry and MCP let agents assemble solutions using 1,400 tools. IQ services aim to give agents true context and understanding. At ...
ProPublica

He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every ...
Los Angeles Times

Justice Department sues to block California’s new House map in clash that could tip control of Congress

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Department of Justice joined a lawsuit Thursday brought by California Republicans that seeks to block the ...
Entrepreneur

This Former Google Engineer Reveals the One Thing to Focus On When Building a Product — and It’s Not ‘Perfect Code’

Dhanji Prasanna is the Chief Technical Officer of fintech company Block, which runs Cash App and Afterpay. On a podcast, Prasanna said that engineers should focus on purpose over perfect code. Block ...
Inside Higher Ed

UT Austin Blocks Grad Student Assembly Political Speech

Officials at the University of Texas at Austin blocked the Graduate Student Assembly from considering two resolutions against Texas state laws last week, arguing that the student-run body must follow ...
Finance & Commerce

Wisconsin Assembly passes bill to delay commercial building code

MADISON, Wis. — A bill to delay enforcement of the commercial building code passed the Wisconsin State Assembly. The Assembly on Oct. 7 passed Assembly Bill 450, which would push recently adopted ...
CBS News

U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly

The Secret Service has disrupted a sprawling telecommunications network in the New York Tri-State Area that investigators say posed a serious potential disruption to New York's telecom systems and a ...