Live updates: Hegseth eyes Driscoll replacement, Missouri asks to restore GOP-friendly congressional map

Missouri officials asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reinstate the Republican-friendly congressional map which adds one seat for the GOP.

“A federal-election-administration disaster is unfolding in Missouri,” Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s (R) office wrote in its emergency application .

The Show Me State’s new congressional map created added one seat to the Republican party, creating a 7-1 split attempting to weaken Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s (D-Mo.) Kansas City-based seat.

It was one of a handful of states where Republicans have boosted their chances in the mid-decade redistricting war, adding to gains in places like Texas and Florida.

Missouri’s Supreme Court blocked the map on Thursday, unanimously ruling that the state’s constitution permits voters to organize a referendum on the redistricting plan. Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) previously denied such an effort by deciding otherwise, according to The Hill’s Zach Schonfield.

In the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth now has the task of replacing Army secretary Dan Driscoll, who stepped down from the position this week.

Several candidates have been floated as potential replacements, including the Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, an Army assistant secretary and a GOP Congressman, according to a report from The Hill’s Filip Timotija.