President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the nation’s U.S. House districts received mixed results Tuesday as South Carolina senators defied his desires but Missouri’s top court upheld a new map that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the November midterm elections.

A redistricting effort failed on Tuesday in the South Carolina Senate partly because five Republicans voted against the effort despite pressure from President Donald Trump, who said he was “watching closely” and had urged

The Republican-led South Carolina state Senate on Tuesday rejected a measure to take up a redraw of the state’s congressional map despite pressure from President Donald Trump

The governor of South Carolina announced a special legislative session on Thursday to push through a new congressional map that would effectively eliminate the state’s singular Democratic House seat.

Republicans' nationwide redistricting push has been widely viewed as a bid to boost the GOP in November, but one Democratic strategist says it has a more specific target: Black lawmakers, particularly one from South Carolina.

The race to redraw South Carolina's congressional maps could have a major impact, as advocates fear partisan politics outweigh what's best for the public.

McMaster defended reopening the debate over South Carolina’s congressional map. “Can we represent our state better with different districts? I think the answer is yes,” the governor said.

Protesters gathered outside the South Carolina State House on Thursday, demanding lawmakers leave congressional maps alone as Gov. Henry McMaster called a special session for that purpose.