How the Indiana redistricting defeat could shape the 2026 midterms

NPR | By Steve Inskeep

Published December 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM EST

NPR'S Steve Inskeep speaks with Cook Political Report elections analyst David Wasserman about Indiana Republicans' rejection of a redistricting bid backed by the White House.

Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition and Up First.

See stories by Steve Inskeep

Support nonprofit, fact-based public service journalism

WEKU depends on support from those who view and listen to our content. There's no paywall here. Please support WEKU with your donation.

Contribute now

Related Content

NPR News

Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after fall that led to an extended medical absence

Jason Breslow

McConnell spent weeks in recovery before explaining he was "briefly unconscious" following the fall that sent him to the hospital and a weeks-long recovery process.
NPR News

Texas landowners sue federal government over border wall plans

Mary Cantrell

A lawsuit filed Monday takes aim at federal agencies' use of waivers to expedite construction of a wall along the border with Mexico and claims that landowner's constitutional rights are being violated.
The Commonwealth

McConnell returns to the Senate floor after June fall

Sylvia Goodman

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell finally ended his monthslong medical leave, returning to the Senate floor ahead of a congressional marathon.
NPR News

Federal agents may have broken state laws in voter fraud hunt, whistleblower claims

Benjamin Swasey, Jude Joffe-Block

Federal agents may have broken state laws after the Department of Homeland Security began surging personnel for what it called the Unlawful Voter Initiative, a federal whistleblower alleges.
Trump's EPA repeals climate pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants

Julia Simon, Juana Summers, Michelle Aslam

The Trump administration is eliminating all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal challenges from environmental groups.