What happened

Indiana’s state Senate Thursday rejected a new congressional map 31-19, with 21 Republicans joining all 10 Democrats, in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign. The proposed gerrymander, approved by the state House last week, would have likely flipped the state’s two Democratic-held U.S. House seats, giving Indiana a 9-0 GOP delegation.

Who said what

The failed vote is one of Trump’s “most significant political setbacks since his return to the White House,” Politico said. It followed a “brass-knuckled, four-month pressure campaign from the White House,” including “private meetings and public shaming from Trump,” multiple Indiana visits by Vice President JD Vance, “veiled threats of withheld federal funds,” open threats of well-funded primary challenges,

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