Missouri supreme court blocks congressional maps backed by Trump for midterms – US politics live

The decision marks a setback for Republicans in a national redistricting battle Sign up for US Breaking News emails Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. The Missouri supreme court blocked a Republican-drawn new congressional map ⁠from being used in November’s midterm ⁠elections, a blow to the party’s ​odds for maintaining its narrow US House majority. The Trump administration filed an emergency request asking the US supreme court to lift order blocking USPS from implementing…