11 h. ago Alex Jones asks US supreme court to block $1.4bn defamation judgment

Rightwing pundit’s request is latest in a series of appeals, both against the judgment and against sale of InfoWarsRightwing conspiracy fabulist Alex Jones has petitioned the US supreme court to block a massive defamation judgment imposed after he argued that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in which 20 children and six adults were killed was a hoax.In a filing to the US high court, Jones asked the justices to act immediately to prevent his website InfoWars from being handed over to the satirical news site The Onion. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Texas court again pauses execution of man in ‘shaken baby’ case

Robert Roberson, who has maintained innocence in death of two-year-old daughter, gets third execution date stayedTexas’s top criminal court again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was scheduled to become the first person in the US put to death for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to stay since 2016, including an attempt nearly a year ago that was stopped by an unprecedented intervention from a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers who believe he is innocent. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago ‘The stakes are quite large’: US supreme court case could gut Voting Rights Act

Court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais could limit voters from challenging racial discriminatory districts The US supreme court is set to hear a case this month that could gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act, effectively killing one of the crown jewels of the civil rights movement and the nation’s most powerful statute to prevent discrimination in voting.The court’s decision in the case, Louisiana v Callais, could be one of the most consequential rulings for the Voting Rights Act since it was enacted in 1965 and is almost certainly the biggest test for the law since its decision in Shelby county v Holder in 2013, when the justices hollowed out a provision of the law, section five, that required certain places to get voting changes approved by the federal government before they go into effect. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago BBC One Show’s Alex Jones says 'doesn’t matter' as she brushes off co

On Wednesday's instalment of The One Show, BBC viewers saw Alex Jones and Vernon Kay speak to Minnie Driver and Chris McCausland.

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38 h. ago Man charged with having explosive materials near DC church hosting annual Red Mass celebration

A New Jersey man has been arrested on charges that he had explosive materials in his possession near a Washington, D.C., church that was preparing to celebrate an annual Mass marking the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term

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64 h. ago US supreme court appears poised to overturn Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’

Ruling in favor of Christian legal group could undermine care and rights for LGBTQ+ youth across the countryThe US supreme court appeared ready to rule against a Colorado law that bans “conversion therapy” practices that seek to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity, repeatedly questioning the state over whether the law hindered free speech and whether these practices have been proven harmful.The high-stakes case could roll back the rights of LGBTQ+ youth across the country. Colorado is one of more than 20 states in the US that have banned conversion practices, and a ruling in favor of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a Christian legal group, could make those laws vulnerable to similar challenges. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Laura Loomer warns against lobbying Trump to pardon Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘Do not do it. I repeat. Do not do it’

Trump said he would ‘speak’ with the Justice Department about clemency for Maxwell after the sex offender’s appeal was denied by the Supreme Court

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67 h. ago Supreme court reviewing ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ children

States’ bans on discredited practice challenged by Christian Counselor

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68 h. ago Lawyer hurls shoe at India’s chief justice inside Supreme Court over remarks on Hindu god

Attack on BR Gavai in open court condemned as serious insult and breach of security

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68 h. ago Trump says he’d consider Ghislaine Maxwell pardon and mentions Diddy in same breath as Epstein pal: ‘Have to take a look’

Maxwell’s last-ditch appeal of her sex trafficking conviction was rejected by the Supreme Court on Monday

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69 h. ago Christian legal group urges US supreme court to overturn ‘conversion therapy’ ban

ADF represents woman who objected to 2019 Colorado law outlawing conversion practices for youth under age 18A Christian legal group is urging the US supreme court to overturn a ban on “conversion therapy” on Tuesday in a high-stakes case that could roll back the rights of LGBTQ+ youth across the country.In Chiles v Salazar, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is representing a woman who objected to a 2019 Colorado law outlawing conversion practices for youth under age 18. The law applies to licensed mental health clinicians who seek to change a patient’s gender identity or sexual orientation, discredited tactics that major medical associations have said are ineffective and harmful. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago BBC The One Show live broadcast halted as Alex Jones shares sad death announcement

BBC The One Show stars Alex Jones and Roman Kemp paid tribute to "amazing writer" Dame Jilly Cooper during the latest show following the author's sad death aged 88

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2 d. ago India’s top court criticises Israeli man after Russian woman and her children found living in cave

‘India has become a haven ... anybody comes and stays,’ Supreme Court bench observes

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3 d. ago Trump talks Diddy and Ghislaine Maxwell pardons as he bafflingly tells reporter, ‘I haven’t heard the name in so long’

Maxwell’s last-ditch appeal of her sex trafficking conviction was rejected by the Supreme Court on Monday

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3 d. ago Illinois governor vows to resist Trump administration ‘power grab’ after suing over national guard deployment to Chicago – live

JB Pritzker says Illinois will use ‘every lever’ to stop Trump’s use of military in state; federal judge says administration has two days to file a response and sets a hearing for ThursdayIllinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guardThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago BBC Morning Live star hints 'anything could happen' as they tease show first

Morning Live presenters Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones were joined by their co-hosts Roman Kemp and Alex Jones during Monday's episode of The One Show.

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3 d. ago White House calls court ruling blocking Portland national guard deployment ‘untethered from reality’ – live

Karoline Leavitt criticizes Trump-appointed judge’s decision; Trump deploying military to Chicago on ‘flimsy pretext’, Illinois lawsuit alleges Illinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guardThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump deploying military to Chicago on ‘flimsy pretext’, Illinois lawsuit alleges – live

Complaint filed by Illinois says ‘these advances in President Trump’s long-declared ‘War’ on Chicago and Illinois are unlawful and dangerous’Illinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guardThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Agents investigate cause of fire that destroyed judge's home on South Carolina island

State investigators are trying to find the cause of a fire that destroyed a judge's home on a South Carolina island

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3 d. ago Supreme Court declines to help out Laura Loomer in her doomed RICO social media lawsuit

Laura Loomer claimed that her ban from social media platforms did immense damage to her unsuccessful congressional campaigns in 2020 and 2022.

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