California lawmakers approve special election to ask voters to approve new congressional maps – follow live

The effort, led by state governor Gavin Newsom, is an answer to Republican gerrymandering in Texas at behest of Donald Trump

• California approves special election for redrawn voting maps

The government lost its bid to unseal grand jury transcripts in the sex-trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein.

Richard Berman, a federal judge in New York, said the transcripts pale in comparison to the documents the government already has on Epstein and that disclosing them could harm victims.

It’s kind of bizarre that we have a bunch of old, primarily white people who are out there protesting the policies that keep people safe when they’ve never felt danger in their entire lives.