USA TODAY Chief Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey and USA TODAY Politics Reporter Kathryn Palmer join The Excerpt to hash out what the implications are for the 2026 midterm elections.

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor to replicate the effort in statehouses controlled by both parties. So far, though, only California has ...

There are many, many maps of New York City. There are the decor maps, sold on Amazon, and the tourist maps, which focus, erroneously, only on Manhattan. There’s the iconic subway map, as well as the MTA’s new version. There are the Eater and Grubhub ...

A battle between Texas Republicans and California Democrats to bolster their party’s advantage in the U.S. House has led politicians in other states to consider ways they, too, could leverage partisan power to rack up more victories in the 2026 ...

A book of maps shows 50 different ways of looking at Cincinnati, from population and traffic to chili and beer.

By 10 a.m., snow is expected for a large part of the state, while rain showers are expected for the I-95 corridor between Boston and Providence. The coastal areas could see drizzle. By 1 p.m., snow totals could reach up to 3 inches in higher elevation areas of the state, such as Worcester, Greenfield and the Berkshires.