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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sued California on Thursday over its new redistricting maps after a ballot measure adopting new congressional districts passed in the state last week.

The Justice Department is joining California Republicans in a lawsuit that argues California’s Prop 50 congressional maps are an illegal gerrymander because they’re based on race.

California voters passed Proposition 50 on Tuesday, in a major win for Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democrats.

The Justice Department joined a lawsuit against California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, in an effort to block the use of new congressional maps that give Democrats an advantage in the 2026 midterms.

The stage is set for a high-stakes legal and political fight between the Republican administration and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is seen as a likely 2028 presidential contender.

The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape California's congressional districts to add as many as five Democrat-held ...

Race cannot be used as a proxy to advance political interests, but that is precisely what the California General Assembly did with Proposition 50,” the Justice Department said in the filing.