LONDON (AP) — A tiny English village has voted to leave the United Kingdom as a symbolic protest against government plans to house up to 1,200…
Local residents pose with a "Principality of Piddington" sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, after they voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic "referendum". (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)
Local residents unveil a "Principality of Piddington" sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, after they voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic "referendum". (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)
The Supreme Court is rebuffing Missouri’s push to use a new congressional map backed by President Donald Trump in the November election. The court on Tuesday turned down an emergency appeal from Missouri Republican officials. Republicans had hoped the new districts could help them gain a seat and hold onto their slim House majority in the midterms. The state appealed after the Missouri Supreme Court said the new districts were automatically suspended by a citizen petition demanding a statewide vote. Missouri’s new districts were used in the August primaries, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in September that the state must revert to districts adopted after the last census.
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election. The court ruled Thursday that the map cannot be used until voters first get a chance in November to uphold or reject it. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins had turned down a citizens’ petition seeking to put the map to a vote. But the court reversed that decision and ordered a referendum to be held. The ruling could be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Missouri’s new House districts were drawn by the Republican-led Legislature to try to help the GOP win another seat.
In this photo taken with a smartphone, Steve Dakopolos demonstrates in front of the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in support of a referendum petition seeking a statewide vote on a congressional redistricting plan. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland is headed toward rejecting a referendum that would have restarted negotiations to join the European Union mo…
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Voters in Iceland are heading to the polls Saturday to decide whether the country should resume long-stalled negotia…
QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Quebec’s governing party launched its election campaign Thursday by naming an unusual adversary: U.S. President Donald Trump.
Icelandic Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdottir, center, sits among the participants at a public event about a referendum on whether to resume accession negotiations with the European Union in Reykjavik, Iceland, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco)
