5 d. 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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5 d. ago 19 migrants deported to France as part of ‘one in one out’ returns deal

The migrants were sent to France on two flights, including one which took place on Thursday

Economics

5 d. ago Home Office releases footage of small boat migrants being deported under France deal

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned anyone considering trying to arrive in Britain by illegal routes should 'think twice' as the Government battles to end small boat crossings

Economics

7 d. ago Texas National Guard members arrive in Illinois despite lawsuit and opposition from local leaders over Trump’s crackdown

The fierce opposition to troops being sent to Chicago comes as the federal court recently blocked the Trump administration from using National Guard troops for a similar mission in Portland

Politics

8 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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8 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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8 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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1 week ago Crowdfunded bid to block Spurs' training ground on Green Belt site set for High Court

More than 850 people have donated towards a review of the football academy in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield

Events

1 week ago Supreme Court blocks Trump from immediately firing Fed’s Lisa Cook

Justices defer decision on president’s bid to sack central banker until January 2026

Politics

2 w. ago Fate of hundreds arrested for alleged Palestine Action support in limbo if challenge to ban is blocked, court told

Home Office has asked court of appeal to overturn judge’s decision to grant judicial review of group’s proscriptionThe fate of hundreds of people arrested for allegedly supporting Palestine Action will remain in limbo if a legal challenge to the group’s proscription is blocked, the court of appeal has heard.The Home Office asked the court on Thursday to overturn a judge’s decision to grant the Palestine Action co-founder, Huda Ammori, a judicial review of the ban, which placed it alongside the likes of Islamic State and the neo-Nazi group National Action. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Home Office loses bid to challenge High Court ruling that granted Eritrean man a temporary block on his deportation to France under 'one

Only three Channel have been deported so far as part of the agreement with President Macron , undermining claims it will act as a deterrent.

Society

3 w. ago Home Office loses bid to speed up deportation under Starmer’s one in, one out migrant scheme

An Eritrean migrant had his deportation to France delayed last week after a High Court ruling

Society

3 w. ago High Court block on deporting migrant to France damages public interest, Home Office claims

An Eritrean migrant had his deportation to France delayed last week after a High Court ruling

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3 w. ago Judge ‘erred’ in blocking migrant’s removal to France, Court of Appeal told

The Home Office is asking the Court of Appeal for permission to challenge the High Court ruling.

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3 w. ago Home Office appeal bid over blocked deportation to be heard next week

An Eritrean man’s deportation to France was temporarily blocked by a High Court judge on Tuesday.

Society

3 w. ago Lammy says France returns deal an ‘immediate deterrent’ as two migrants deported

Two asylum seekers have been removed from the country under the ‘one in, one out’ scheme.

Economics

3 w. ago ‘Homeless, destitute and in fear’: The grim future facing migrants returned to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal

Lawyers for migrants under the ‘one in, one out’ deal have argued that they will be destitute if they are returned to France with little support and all transit sites full. Holly Bancroft looks at what will happen to those who are sent back

Economics

3 w. ago Channel people smuggler warns 2,000 asylum seekers could be sent to Britain EVERY DAY using new bigger boats in an industry now worth 'hundreds of millions'

The second migrant was successfully deported to France as part of the agreement this morning - only for hundreds more to set off in dinghies from a beach near Calais.

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3 w. ago Trump’s take on a court decision on tariffs is bonkers – even for him | Steven Greenhouse

The president’s claim that undermining his tariffs would ‘literally destroy’ the country gets the situation backwardsJust hours after an appeals court ruled that it was illegal for Donald Trump to impose his unpopular across-the-board tariffs on dozens of countries, he posted a frantic, over-the-top rant that declared: “If allowed to stand, this Decision would literally destroy the United States of America.”So here the president of the United States was asserting that if the courts torpedoed his tariffs, then the US, the most powerful nation on earth, would be destroyed, would “literally” be kaput. Trump seemed to suggest that court rulings that blocked his beloved tariffs would have the destructive power of, say, 100 hydrogen bombs.Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and author, focusing on labour and the workplace, as well as economic and legal issues Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Second migrant deported to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal

A High Court bid to have his removal temporarily blocked failed

Economics