| After Missouri, Mid-Decade Redistricting May Die a Natural Death Read the top story of the day in your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Prospect newsletter here. On Monday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals further confounded Missouri's ongoing mid-decade redistricting debacle. The three-member federal panel sided with a lower federal court and directed the state to use a new map gerrymandered in 2025 and specially designed to propel Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver into retirement''part of President Trump's effort to secure the largest possible advantages for Republicans in the midterm elections. |