2025 shockers: The biggest moments that rocked the campaign trail

Key Highlights

• Trump pushes mid-decade congressional redistricting Aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterms, President Donald Trump in June first floated the idea of rare but not unheard of mid-decade congressional redistricting.
• HERE ARE THE NEXT BATTLEGROUNDS IN REDISTRICTING FIGHT President Donald Trump first floated the idea of mid-decade congressional redistricting in June.
• (Alex Brandon/AP Photo) The mission was simple: redraw congressional district maps in red states to pad the GOP's razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats. Trump's first target: Texas.
• A month later, when asked by reporters about his plan to add Republican-leaning House seats across the country, the president said, "Texas will be the biggest one.
• And that’ll be five."The push by Trump and his political team triggered a high-stakes redistricting showdown with Democrats to shape the 2026 midterm landscape in the fight for the House majority.