For the second time this week, the Supreme Court issued a ruling preventing Missouri from using a congressional map that was redrawn to give Republicans an advantage. The dizzying back-and-forth appears to have at least temporarily resolved the state’s district lines, just two months before Election Day. Missouri’s Republican secretary of state said today that the state would abandon the maps that were redrawn last year at President Trump’s request and stick with the 2022 maps. That would most likely allow Democrats to retain a seat in the Kansas City area. However, new legal questions could arise because it is not clear how, or if, Missouri can hold a general election with a different map than the one used in this year’s primary elections.

The justices did not explain their reasoning, as is normal with emergency decisions. They deferred to the state’s Supreme Court, which blocked the Republican-drawn map, saying that voters must first have an opportunity to approve the map in a statewide referendum.

Vice President JD Vance took the unusual step over the spring and summer of directly calling U.S. military commanders in the Middle East, Europe and Asia, seeking their unvarnished views of the U.S. war against Iran. Vance, who opposed the war from the outset, came away with deep concerns. The commanders told Vance that the Iranians appeared to be willing to endure an extraordinary amount of pain in their fight for survival. But the commanders were most worried about their depleted air defenses: They told Vance that the stockpiles of critical munitions were the lowest they had ever seen.