“Republican state senators in North Carolina approved redrawing the state’s congressional map Tuesday in hopes of gaining another U.S. House seat, heeding President Donald Trump’s request to help protect their narrow majority in next year’s midterm elections,” the Washington Post reports.
North Carolina Republicans Approve a New Map
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