Republicans in South Carolina defy Trump to reject voting map changes

Republicans in South Carolina rejected President Trump's push to redraw congressional voting maps, choosing instead to preserve Democrat Jim Clyburn's district and citing that voting had already begun for upcoming elections. This decision represents a setback for Republican redistricting efforts nationwide, though it follows a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened protections against racial gerrymandering by determining only overt racism—not partisan advantage that dilutes minority voting power—violates the law. Meanwhile, an Alabama federal court temporarily blocked that state's new voting maps as racially discriminatory, ordering continued use of a previous map with two majority-Black districts instead of one.