Shell-shocked Democrats scramble after Virginia redistricting whiplash

Shell-shocked Democrats are scrambling to pick up the pieces after the Virginia Supreme Court quashed a new map designed to help them seize control of the House in November's midterms.

The decision immediately eliminates four House seats that were expected to flip to the Democrats' side in the Old Dominion. And it constitutes an enormous setback to the party's efforts to counteract the Republicans' redistricting push in red states around the country — an extraordinary gerrymandering war initiated by President Trump as he fights to keep GOP majorities in Congress for the final years of his second term...