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Republican senator Mitch McConnell has been admitted to hospital. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images - **Mitch McConnell was [admitted to the hospital](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/mitch-mcconnell-hospital) on Sunday morning.** A spokesperson said the US senator from Kentucky
decision](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) severely weakened the Voting Rights Act. The minority leader specifically called out the powerhouse Southeastern Conference. Twelve of the SEC’s 16 member schools are in the eight targeted states
decision to overturn *Roe v. Wade*. Collins already appeared to soften his stance in the final stretch of the runoff. During a [2022 debate](https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/06/06/tensions-flare-during-10th-congressional-district-gop-runoff-debate) for his current House seat, Collins said
Rights Act has created a Congress that better reflects the ethnic and racial diversity of the country. But it also established a racial taxonomy in politics that associates non-white voters with Democrats. With
Georgia gubernatorial candidate [Stacey Abrams](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/stacey-abrams) has slammed Republican-led states’ efforts to redraw their congressional maps to favor their party as “evil incarnate”. In an interview with the Guardian’s new podcast
Georgia](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/10/raffensperger-georgia-governor-race-trump-maga-00913151) and Kentucky, where Rep. Thomas Massie is up for reelection and he’s picked sides in the open Senate race, will [be another test](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/trump-and-kentucky-republicans-are-uniting-against-massie-he-could-still-win-00894312). Now, the president
right now and will continue to be,” Rodric Bray, Indiana’s Senate President Pro Tempore who led the charge against Trump’s redistricting push, told POLITICO. “The challenge, of course, is that money matters
Voting Rights Act and Fair Housing Act were barely mentioned, instead replaced with priorities like preventing voter fraud, anti-transgender issues, and preventing discrimination against white people. Dhillon also removed the career lawyers serving
Republican-led Southern states race to redo their congressional maps after the U.S. Supreme Court [weakened the Voting Rights Act's](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) protections against racial discrimination, the decision's effects may be felt