18 h. ago US court says Trump’s Doge team can access social security numbers and other sensitive data

Court refuses to block ‘department of government efficiency’ from accessing data such as citizenship statusUS politics live – latest updatesA US appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration government downsizing team known as the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing sensitive data on Americans.The Virginia-based fourth US circuit court of appeals in a 2-1 decision said the unions were unlikely to prevail on claims that Doge would violate federal privacy laws by accessing data at the US Department of Education, treasury department, and office of personnel management. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Crystal Palace release extraordinary response to UEFA decision and aim dig at Premier League rivals

Crystal Palace have launched a scathing attack at UEFA after the Court of Arbitration for Sport stuck by their decision to kick the Eagles out of the Europa League

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40 h. ago Indian court orders removal of thousands of stray dogs from Delhi region

Judge cites attacks on children among grounds for ruling but animal protection groups say decision is inhumaneIndia’s supreme court has ordered the immediate removal of thousands of stray dogs from the Delhi capital region, citing canine attacks and the country’s alarming rabies toll.The sweeping move has set up a clash between public safety advocates and those who see the animals as beloved fixtures of their neighbourhoods. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Crystal Palace LOSE Europa League appeal as UEFA decision upheld

Eagles to play in Conference League as Court of Arbitration for Sport announces verdict on European decision

Sport

5 d. ago HMRC must disclose whether it used AI in tax credit decisions, court rules

Revenue had rejected transparency request from tax adviser who believed it used technology to reject R&D applications

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9 d. ago Car loan customers may be owed money after landmark court decision

The FCA currently estimates that most individuals will probably receive less than £950 in compensation.

Economics

3 w. ago Trump news at a glance: How Robert F Kennedy Jr is cancelling medical science

Measles on the rise and vaccination rates falling; EPA to be gutted of its crucial research function. Key US politics stories from Saturday 19 July at a glance“The current administration is waging a war on science,” warned Celine Gounder, a professor of medicine and an infectious disease expert at New York University in a keynote talk in May to graduates of Harvard’s School of Public Health.That war appeared to enter a new phase in the aftermath of a recent supreme court decision that empowered health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a prominent vaccine sceptic, and other agency leaders, to implement mass firings – effectively greenlighting the politicization of science. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 'Morally bankrupt': Crystal Palace fans march to Selhurst Park in protest at Europa League relegation

Palace are set to appeal the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Sport

4 w. ago ‘It’s not fair’: Crystal Palace fans march in protest at demotion from Europa League

‘We earned the right to be there and will show support’Palace in Conference League after ownership breachFurious Crystal Palace supporters have demanded that Uefa reverses its decision to demote the FA Cup winners from the Europa League to the Conference League next season as they staged a protest march outside Selhurst Park on Tuesday evening.It was confirmed last week that Uefa’s club financial control body had concluded Palace breached its multiclub ownership criteria, with the south London club expected to appeal to the court of arbitration for sport against a decision that their chair, Steve Parish, described as “probably one of the greatest injustices that has ever happened in European football”. Continue reading...

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