Flag protest in Tennessee mirrors a nationwide redistricting push

Richardson ties Justin Jones’s Confederate flag protest at the Tennessee Capitol to a broader, GOP-driven wave of redrawing congressional maps across states after a Supreme Court voting-rights ruling, aiming to dilute Black political power; lawsuits, counter-redistricting by Democrats, and rapid map changes across several states are noted, alongside a spread of national headlines on Iran, immigration, energy profits, and diplomacy that illustrate how map-making and policy battles are reshaping U.S. politics.