Missouri Supreme Court Blocks Trump-Backed Congressional Map for Midterm Elections

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a Republican-drawn congressional map from being used in the upcoming November midterm elections, a decision that is a setback for the party's efforts to maintain its narrow U.S. House majority. The ruling could preserve the seat of long-serving Democratic U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, whose district was dismantled in the redrawn map. The state's attorney general plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.