Donald Trump has consolidated the support of slightly above half of his party at this early stage of the race for the Republican nomination, a newly released CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, highlighting the former president’s potential path to a third nomination – and the challenges his rivals will face over the next months in establishing their own bases of support. ...

A lawsuit filed by voters and religious leaders in Arkansas claims the state's 2021 U.S. House map is unconstitutional. The lawsuit claims the map dilutes the influence of Black voters. ...