By Joseph Ax May 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's push for Republican-led states to draw electoral maps more favorable to his party ahead of November's midterm elections suffered twin setbacks on Tuesday,

Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would redraw one majority-Black district.

Louisiana State University head coach Lane Kiffin said something this week that nobody expected. While discussing coaching tenures and his move from Ole Miss, he suggested Alabama had pushed Nick Saban into retirement.

The last time Jocelyn Briski went to Oklahoma City, expectations for Alabama softball were quite different. “We were the underdog,” Briski said Tuesday of the 2024 team, while waiting to fly from Tuscaloosa National Airport.

A tornado that raked across Houston and Henry counties in southeastern Alabama on Monday destroyed at least one home and damaged others.