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An electoral poster reads "No war, Yes to Swiss neutrality" is posted along a road in Epagny, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

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Local residents pose with a "Principality of Piddington" sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, after they voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic "referendum". (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

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Local residents unveil a "Principality of Piddington" sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, after they voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic "referendum". (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

The Supreme Court is rebuffing Missouri’s push to use a new congressional map backed by President Donald Trump in the November election. The court on Tuesday turned down an emergency appeal from Missouri Republican officials. Republicans had hoped the new districts could help them gain a seat and hold onto their slim House majority in the midterms. The state appealed after the Missouri Supreme Court said the new districts were automatically suspended by a citizen petition demanding a statewide vote. Missouri’s new districts were used in the August primaries, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in September that the state must revert to districts adopted after the last census.