Newsom says California hopes to redraw maps in response to Texas plan | First Thing

Republican redestricting move aims to win House majority in midterms. Plus, plastic pollution talks fail in Geneva

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California's governor, Gavin Newsom, has said lawmakers will proceed with a redistricting plan to counter the Republican-led map drawing effort in Texas aimed at securing a House majority after the midterm elections.

Will Newsom go ahead if Texas stands down? No. The California plan will only take place if Texas, or another Republican-led state, redraws its map in favor of the GOP.

What else do experts say about Bhattacharya's public trust" claims? That the issue is not whether the vaccines have public trust, but whether they are safe and effective, which they clearly" are and this must be communicated.