The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday to block California’s newly-approved congressional map. Voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, which shifts district lines to favor Democrats in five Republican-held seats, in a direct response to a similar measure that passed in Texas favoring Republicans. Notably, the Justice Department is not challenging that move. (Story URL)

Sen. John Fetterman is under routine observation at a Pittsburgh hospital after falling during an early morning walk Thursday near his Braddock, Pennsylvania, home. A statement said the Pennsylvania Democrat experienced a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” that caused light-headedness, leading him to fall and suffer minor facial injuries. (Story URL)

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized in Chicago

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