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Voters overwhelmingly supported an anti-gerrymandering amendment in Missouri last November. But both parties want to scrap or alter the measure, leaving more political influence in the process.

For centrist Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, balancing two big negotiations — the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Democrats' broader $3.5 trillion spending bill — is a challenge.

Andrew McCabe and Rex Tillerson were fired, new sanctions were announced on Russia, and the Russia investigation continued.

Literary pun purveyor Tom Gauld turns his pen to the foibles of science (and science fiction) in his new comic collection Department of Mind-Blowing Theories, inspired by his scientist grandfather.

Professional Scrabble fan John D. Williams' new memoir is chock full of interesting tidbits (like lists of important words with Q, X and J) but gets bogged down in tedious biographical detail.

Hugh Howey is the author of the dystopian WOOL series, about a future in which the remains of humanity are living underground in giant self-sustaining silos. The first volume of WOOL was a self-publishing sensation; the latest volume, Dust, has just been released.

A special counsel questioned Pres. Biden's mental acuity while saying he should not be indicted concerning his handling of classified documents. Meanwhile former Pres. Trump faces criminal charges.

Portland City Council has approved a budget that will cut an additional $15 million from the police bureau’s budget, but falls short of the $50 million cut that community advocates had been pushing for.

The president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) posted the two-and-a-half minute video on his Facebook page before quickly taking it down amid criticism that it could incite violence against the targeted lawmaker, Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles.

The report, released on Friday, found that during its debut election cycle, the program fundamentally changed the dynamics of campaign fundraising in Portland: small-dollar donors were now the main focus of most campaigns.