Tennessee’s New Map Sparks Racial Tensions | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews A federal court has approved Tennessee’s new congressional map, which dismantles a majority-Black district in Memphis — a move seen as a major GOP win ahead of the August primaries. While critics accuse lawmakers of racially motivated gerrymandering, Republicans insist it’s purely partisan strategy to flip the state’s lone Democratic-held seat. The judges, including both Trump and Obama appointees, ruled there’s no direct evidence of racial bias, calling the political calculus “the path to a solid nine-zero map.” Opponents decry the ruling as a blow to Black voters’ political power, while state officials defend the map as politically driven and legally finalized. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/7735b176da0f67ed