12 h. ago Trump alone in a room with Putin is a recipe for disaster – just look to their last meeting

The two plan to meet behind closed doors Friday in Alaska to discuss ‘land swapping’. What will happen this time?The lessons of Helsinki are clear: putting Donald Trump alone in a room with Vladimir Putin is an unpredictable – and often dangerous – affair.It was 2018 when the two leaders met at the invitation of Sauli Niinistö, the Finnish president, to discuss a collapse in US-Russia relations, accusations of elections interference, and the grinding war in east Ukraine, among other topics. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago NFL appeals Nevada Supreme Court ruling allowing Jon Gruden's lawsuit to proceed

The NFL plans to appeal a Nevada Supreme Court ruling that allows former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden to proceed with his lawsuit without arbitration

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27 h. ago NYC candidate Zohran Mamdani is making his messaging for the mayoral race clear: Me vs Trump

Mamdani is warning New Yorkers about the Trump administration’s impacts to the city — and his opponents’ ties to the president

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32 h. ago Court gives former Raiders coach Jon Gruden a boost in lawsuit over ‘leaked’ NFL emails

Judges rule case won’t be overseen by NFL arbitratorGruden says NFL set out to smear his reputationFormer Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden registered a victory over the NFL in court on Monday.The Nevada supreme court, in a 5-2 ruling, decided that Gruden’s lawsuit against the league can proceed in civil court rather than being settled in an arbitration hearing to which the NFL could designate the arbitrator. Continue reading...

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50 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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57 h. ago India's top court orders stray dogs to be removed from New Delhi streets

India’s top court has ordered authorities in New Delhi to start removing all stray dogs from its streets and to sterilize and relocate them to shelters permanently

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5 d. ago Top US diplomat in Brazil summoned to foreign ministry over Bolsonaro trial comments

US embassy in Brazil made social media post accusing high court judge of persecuting former president, who is now on trial for alleged coup attemptBrazil’s foreign ministry has summoned the US chargé d’affaires after the embassy posted comments about the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate.On Thursday, the embassy published a social media post in Portuguese criticising supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing the cases against Bolsonaro, who is on trial over an alleged coup attempt. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Prosecutors may appeal to Supreme Court on 1979 missing child Etan Patz case

Prosecutors say they may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to preserve a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz

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5 d. ago Attorney says heart device did not shock Tennessee man in execution who said he was 'hurting so bad'

The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week says his implanted defibrillator did not shock him

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5 d. ago Army major accused of drowning his wife and claiming $1million life insurance SMILES as he walks free from custody and is reunited with his daughters

Graeme Davidson was granted bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday morning and released from the high-security Brisbane Correctional Centre at Wacol about 6pm.

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5 d. ago Husband suspected wife of poisoning him before she killed 3 relatives with toxic mushrooms

An Australian court has heard a husband suspected his wife of poisoning him over a year before she murdered three of his relatives with toxic mushrooms

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5 d. ago Administration asks Supreme Court to lift restrictions on Southern California immigration stops

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to lift a court order blocking immigration stops a judge found to be indiscriminate in Southern California

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5 d. ago James Carville says Democrats need a radical plan to ‘save democracy,’ including new states

80-year-old strategist calls for expanding Supreme Court and adding Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico as states

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6 d. ago Millions of drivers denied car finance compensation after Supreme Court ruling

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is still looking at setting up a compensation scheme

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6 d. ago Putin steps up Ukrainian bombing in clearest sign yet he plans to IGNORE Trump's ceasefire deadline

Video footage shows the Kremlin's forces in a fresh strike on a bridge in Kherson, which it has failed to dislodge in six massive aerial attacks, in a hint that Putin may ignore Trump's deadline.

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7 d. ago Brazil judge eases Jair Bolsonaro house arrest to allow family visits

Ex-president can see children and grandchildren without prior court approval, but phone and video ban remainsA Brazilian supreme court judge has eased the terms of Jair Bolsonaro’s house arrest, allowing the far-right former president to receive visits from family members without prior judicial approval.The former paratrooper turned populist has been under house arrest since Monday, when Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the measure on the grounds that Bolsonaro had allegedly violated court orders. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The US supreme court paved the way for Texas’s gerrymandering mess | Steven Greenhouse

In a 2019 case, John Roberts said federal courts shouldn’t intervene in such matters. Trump’s team is taking advantageWith Texas Republicans rushing to fulfil Donald Trump’s wish to gerrymander to the max, many Americans are no doubt wondering why there isn’t some referee to stop this hyperpartisan race to the bottom that is poisoning our democracy. The supreme court should be the referee that puts a halt to this ugly, undemocratic mess, but in a shortsighted, 5-4 ruling in 2019, the court’s conservative majority essentially told state legislatures that anything goes when it comes to gerrymandering. Their message was: no matter how extreme the gerrymandering, we’ll look the other way.Writing the majority opinion in that case, Rucho v Common Cause, chief justice John Roberts declared that gerrymandering was a political matter that federal courts shouldn’t intervene in (unless it involves racial discrimination). Many legal experts said the conservative justices were defaulting on the ...

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7 d. ago The Voting Rights Act marks its 60th anniversary as its core provisions are being eroded

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago but has been slowly eroding for more than a decade

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7 d. ago Trump gives clearest indication yet on who he views as his 'likely' political successor in 2028

It wasn't a full-fledged endorsement, but President Donald Trump gave the clearest indication yet on who he considered to be his heir.

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7 d. ago How to work out if YOU can claim £950 from the car finance scandal

It's the scandal dubbed 'PPI on Wheels' Last week the Supreme Court dealt a blow to millions of drivers hoping for a payout on their car finance deals.

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