INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — As President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Republican-run states to redraw congressional boundaries, he has dispatched Vice President JD Vance to Indiana and called for a new federal census — moves reflecting his intent to maximize the GOP’s partisan advantages in coming elections.

Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Thursday that FBI Director Kash Patel had granted his request for the agency to get involved in corralling Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to deny the Republican majority a quorum necessary to vote on a U.S. House redistricting plan advancing Trump’s initiative.

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