1 hour ago Supreme Court allows Texas electoral map that favours Republicans

Conservative justices hand win to Donald Trump ahead of midterm congressional votes

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4 h. ago Supreme court allows Texas to use new congressional map favoring Republicans in 2026 elections – US politics live

Ruling will impact elections as soon as the March primariesUS supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional mapsAmong the beneficiaries of Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations, there is a group that legal experts and political scientists see as some of the clearest evidence of how such actions undermine the rule of law: those who were released from prison and again arrested for different alleged crimes.During his first term, Trump issued 237 acts of clemency – including to someone who was a predatory lender and drug smuggler and to another who ran a Ponzi scheme. Since taking office again, Trump has issued more than 1,600, most for people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Conor McGregor has bid to appeal civil rape case rejected by Supreme Court

McGregor was sued over an incident in which he was alleged to have "brutally raped and battered" a woman

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36 h. ago Engineer loses case against defence giant employer over trans toilet policy

Maria Kelly said she believes the outcome ‘fundamentally misunderstands both the law and my case’, and she intends to appeal.

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40 h. ago Women’s Institute latest organisation to announce trans membership ban

The NFWI news comes a day after Girlguiding announced it has banned trans girls from joining.

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40 h. ago Women's Institute to stop accepting trans members after landmark Supreme Court gender ruling

The decision has been taken 'with the utmost regret and sadness', the 110-year-old organisation said, adding that it retains the 'firm belief that transgender women are women'.

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41 h. ago Women’s Institute expresses ‘deep regret’ as it bans trans women after Supreme Court ruling

The WI has welcomed transgender women as members for more than 40 years, but said it felt it ‘had no other choice’ to now exclude them

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41 h. ago Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April

Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a womanThe Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, said the organisation had taken the decision with the “utmost regret and sadness”, adding it had “no choice” but to exclude trans women from its membership. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Trans girls will no longer able to join Girl Guides or Brownies after parents threatened legal action over inclusion policy

Girlguiding said it had made the decision following the Supreme Court ruling in April which said the words women and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological women and biological sex.

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58 h. ago Costco becomes biggest company yet to demand refund of Trump tariffs

Costco, is joining other companies that aren’t waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping import taxes

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58 h. ago Girlguiding makes ‘difficult decision’ to stop admitting trans girls as members

The organisation made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.

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60 h. ago Trans girls will no longer able to join Girlguiding after parents threatened legal action over inclusion policy

Girlguiding said it had made the decision following the Supreme Court ruling in April which said the words women and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological women and biological sex.

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60 h. ago Trans girls no longer allowed to join Girlguiding after Supreme Court ruling

The organisation said it had reached the 'difficult decision' following the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act.

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66 h. ago Costco joins growing list of companies suing Trump for ‘full refund’ if Supreme Court strikes down tariffs

Other companies which have sued for refunds include motorbike maker Kawasaki and cosmetics titan Revlon

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3 d. ago Costco joins growing list of companies suing Trump for refunds if Supreme Court strikes down tariffs

Other companies which have sued for refunds include motorbike maker Kawasaki and cosmetics titan Revlon

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3 d. ago Missouri launches sports betting as recent scandals shine a spotlight on the growing industry

Missouri has become the latest state to launch sports betting

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6 d. ago Virginia Giuffre’s sons deny unsigned document is their mother’s will

After their mother died intestate, boys reject the claim that documents presented by her lawyer and carer represent her final intentionsAn unsigned will has emerged as the crux of the battle over Virginia Giuffre’s estate.Details of the document surfaced on Friday as hearings began at Western Australia’s supreme court where her sons, her longtime lawyer and her former carer are all vying for control of the assets. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo sentenced for conspiracy

Peru’s Supreme Court has sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to 11.5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit a rebellion in 2022, when he tried to dissolve the Congress as lawmakers prepared to impeach him

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8 d. ago Frustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court

A Texas landlord's case before the U.S. Supreme Court is challenging the U.S. Postal Service's exemption from lawsuits over lost or mishandled mail

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8 d. ago Indian army sacks Christian soldier for refusing to pray at Sikh temple

Supreme Court judges have backed the decision, saying the officer placed his personal interpretation of faith above military discipline

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