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President Donald Trump’s redistricting bonanza may have met its match in Indiana. The Trump administration’s political allies in D.C. believe Republicans could squeeze at least one more GOP seat out of the state. They’re quietly exploring their options, according to multiple sources. But it’s unclear if anyone in the Hoosier State is on board.

LAS VEGAS — Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) is backing the White House’s campaign to redraw the congressional map in his home state so that Republicans will control seven of the eight seats.

President Trump is employing the vast power of his office to redefine criminality to suit his needs — using pardons to inoculate criminals he happens to like, downplaying corruption and fraud as crimes, and seeking to stigmatize political opponents by labeling them criminals.

Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump’s job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found.

House conservatives are urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to be more aggressive against President Donald Trump’s political enemies.

What can you give a person who already has everything? The usual remedy is something of sentimental value. In Donald Trump’s case, Qatar has found the perfect blend — a $400mn jumbo jet for which he has indicated nostalgia in advance. Trump inspected the plane at Palm Beach airport a few weeks after he was sworn in. Long after he covers the aircraft’s fixtures in gold plating, he will associate his next Air Force One with Qatar’s ruling family. Or so they must hope.

What began with a chainsaw is ending in a whimper. Elon Musk’s looming exit from Washington brings the oddest chapter of Donald Trump’s presidency to an early close. By his own metrics, Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has failed. Far from achieving his touted $2tn in savings, Doge may end up costing the taxpayer. Musk has meanwhile brought harm on Tesla, where he will soon return. Was there a hidden method to his madness?

Abe Foxman, the former Anti-Defamation League national director, offered pointed criticism of the Trump administration in a Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration at the Capitol on Wednesday.