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Who won the redistricting war? So far, it looks like Democrats

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Texas Republicans touched off a battle of mid-decade redistricting efforts when they embraced a plan pushed by President Donald Trump for the GOP-controlled legislature to redraw congressional districts to make them more friendly to Republicans.

California retaliated with its own gerrymandering in an effort to flip five seats held by Republicans to counter the effort to redraw five seats in Texas.

Other states got into the fight, either choosing to redraw their maps ahead of the midterm elections or taking advantage of court rulings that gave them an opportunity to.

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Series of bomb threats cause flight disruptions across Europe

LONDON — Bomb and security threats disrupted passenger flights across Europe Thursday, the latest in a series of incidents that have prompted emergency landings and security sweeps this week. No explosives have so far been found, and it is not clear who or what is behind the calls. But the threats alone have caused disruption to Europe’s airspace and some of its busiest airports. An Aer Lingus flight EI402 from Dublin to Rome carrying more than 150 people was diverted to a French Air Force base earlier Thursday, the airline said.