Yunior is a breaking news reporter from Brooklyn, New York. He earned his master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he specialized in local news and data reporting. He is passionate about civic education and engagement.
A federal judge declined to order the return of 2020 election ballots seized by the FBI from Fulton County — but not before heavily criticizing parts of the Justice Department’s case as “misleading” and “troubling.”
South Carolina Republicans took a major step toward redrawing the state’s congressional map in an effort that could dismantle the state’s lone Democratic district, long represented by Rep. Jim Clyburn.
Federal agents raided the office of Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas — one of the most powerful Democrats in the state and a leading force behind Virginia’s newly approved congressional redistricting plan.
Several Republican Indiana state senators targeted by President Donald Trump after opposing a mid-decade congressional gerrymander lost their primaries, signaling that resistance to Trump’s agenda inside the GOP still carries some political risk.
Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague won the Republican primary for secretary of state, defeating Marcell Strbich — a far-right activist backed by election denier and Trump ally Cleta Mitchell.
Democratic lawmakers, civil rights leaders and protesters converged on the Tennessee State Capitol as Republicans began work to enact a new congressional gerrymander just days after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act decision — a move voting advocates say would dismantle Black voting power.
The lead plaintiff in the case that destroyed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has a history of promoting false election conspiracies and anti-voting policies, and was at the Stop the Steal protest at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, before a deadly riot by pro-Trump insurrectionists.
The Supreme Court fast-tracked certification of its decision in Louisiana v. Callais, clearing the way for Louisiana to move forward with redrawing its congressional map even as an election is already underway.
Louisiana Republicans are racing to redraw the state’s congressional map following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act. New details suggest lawmakers could vote as early as next week on a gerrymander that targets a majority-Black district not even at issue in the original Supreme Court case.
Democrats are mounting a new counteroffensive to Republican-led gerrymanders following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act — with New York emerging as a key battleground.