Twenty-one Indiana Republicans vote with state Democrats to block Trump’s redistricting effort ahead of midterms – live

Indiana’s rejection of a redistricting effort that would have favored Republicans marks a major break with Trump

• Indiana Republicans reject effort to redraw voting maps in rebuke to Trump

Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic senator from Maryland, was among the lawmakers speaking out against the Trump administration and its actions around Venezuela, taking to the senate floor on Wednesday to call on Congress to block Donald Trump from “using taxpayer dollars to launch a regime change war”.

“Last time I checked, the constitution of the United States gives Congress – this body – the power to decide questions of war or peace,” he said.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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