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A now-rejected draft congressional map is seen the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on December 8, 2025. | Kaiti Sullivan/Bloomberg via Getty Images This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s Indiana redistricting campaign has failed — again. What happened? On Thursday, the Indiana state Senate voted down a Trump-backed bill to redraw Indiana’s congressional maps to be more favorable to Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms. The bill, which would have created a 9-0 Republican advantage in Indiana, was rejected resoundingly, with 31 votes to 19. The vote almost never took place, after Indiana Republicans initially rejected Trump’s call to convene a special session. Ultimately, Trump was able to browbeat Republicans into holding the vote — only to be handed an even more striking defeat. What’s the context? Indiana is the latest focus of a national, bipartisan redistricting effort that kicked off when Trump pressured Texas lawmakers to redraw their state maps and net Republicans five additional congressional seats. Since then, things have largely not been going his way. A Democratic redistricting effort in California should neutralize GOP gains in Texas, and with Indiana staying out of the fight, Democrats may ultimately break even — or even gain seats. Why does this matter? Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and administration allies threw a lot of weight behind this redistricting push, including issuing increasingly drastic threats. On Thursday, for example, the conservative group Heritage Action floated stripping Indiana of federal funding if lawmakers voted against Trump. Despite all of that, Trump still failed to win — or even come close — the 25 Republican votes he needed despite the GOP holding a 40-vote supermajority in the 50-seat state Senate. Indiana Republicans have also been deluged with death threats over the bill. It’s a big deal that they failed to produce the intended result. What’s the big picture? The conversation about whether Trump’s previously ironclad control over the Republican Party is slipping has been getting louder in recent weeks. In November, House members bucked the White House to vote to release the Epstein files. Now, Indiana has handed Trump another defeat, and a blow, to Republicans’ already-slim chances of retaining the House next year. And with that, it’s time to log off… How many golden retrievers can you fit in a park? At least 2,397, it turns out, after Argentines in Buenos Aires set a new unofficial world record this week for the largest golden retriever get-together. You can watch some adorable video of the event here. For my part, I’m excited to see my parents’ golden, Gus, over the holidays. Thanks for reading, have a great evening, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow!

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrives for a press conference on Capitol Hill on November 18, 2025. Johnson is dealing with a fractious Republican caucus. | Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images For most of this year, Republican members of the House of Representatives seemed to move in lockstep with President Donald Trump, not hesitating to back him on controversial measures on immigration and the economy. But now they seem to be breaking ranks. Some Republican members of Congress have stood up to Trump on the release of the Epstein Files, tariffs, health care subsidies, boat strikes in the Caribbean, and other issues. They’ve voiced frustration with House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has let Trump set the agenda for Congress even as the president’s approval rating continues to decline. Some GOP members of the House, fed up with partisan gridlock, stalled legislation, and threats of political violence, are just calling it quits altogether. They’re either retiring or resigning to seek other offices. The GOP could potentially lose its razor-thin margin even before the midterms. Once Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene officially resigns in January, Republicans will only have a one-seat advantage. Today, Explained’s Astead Herndon talked to Leigh Ann Caldwell, chief Washington correspondent for Puck News, about what’s causing the House GOP exodus and what it could mean for the party in power. Below is an excerpt of their conversation, edited for length and clarity. There’s much more in the full episode, so listen to Today, Explained wherever you get podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Pandora, and Spotify. In the last few weeks we’ve heard quite a few Congress people say they’re going to retire, even resign. What is the scope of this angst in Congress? What’s the source of it? The scope could be pretty big. I’m hearing from Republican sources, lawmakers, aides, and people close to these people who are expecting a lot more retirement announcements in the coming weeks. There are so many reasons for it, but the most immediate is the political environment. It’s been a really tough fall for Republicans. They had completely underperformed in those November elections. There was a special election in Tennessee in a very red district that Trump won by 22 points. The Republican who won only won by nine points. It’s just another data point of the political environment and the mood of the country around Republicans right now. People are looking at that and seeing the writing on the wall and believing that the House Republicans are not going to be in the majority after the midterms, that they’ll lose the majority. And it’s not a very fun place to be. The thing about serving in the House is you get to reevaluate your life every two years, and we’re in that season where people, Republicans especially, are deciding if it’s worth it. And I’m told that many more Republicans are going to say that it’s not. Does your reporting give you any sense of numbers and how we can compare that possible number to ones we’ve seen previously? An estimate that one source told me was that close to 20 more Republicans are set to retire. That’s a seismic number. It is. We’re already at 23 Republicans who have announced. So it also talks about the mood of the Congress. People are just not happy right now. Are Democrats retiring in these types of numbers? And when they are quitting, is it for the same reasons? Democrats are retiring too. It happens every year. But the numbers are lower for Democrats and the reasons are different. For the Democrats, most of them are in their late seventies or eighties, or they have served for decades. Nancy Pelosi is one of the Democrats who is retiring. Jerry Nadler in New York. It’s different on the Republican side. Troy Nehls was elected in 2020. Morgan Luttrell of Texas just started serving in 2023. He’s young. A lot of members who are younger, who haven’t been here that long, are deciding to call it quits. And that is really what’s…