The Justice Department is suing Texas over its recently passed voter suppression law, saying it violates federal voting rights laws by targeting Texans of color, voters who don’t speak English and voters with disabilities.

In related news, the Republican-controlled North Carolina Legislature on Thursday approved extreme gerrymandered redistricting maps giving Republicans an outsized advantage that could last for the next decade. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, who’s a Democrat, does not have veto power over redistricting plans, so any challenges to the new maps would likely go through the courts. In other news from North Carolina, dozens of Democratic state lawmakers staged a walkout earlier this week after the House swore in its newest lawmaker, Republican Donnie Loftis, who admitted he was present during the January 6 Capitol insurrection.