84 m. 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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2 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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4 h. ago Trump might not be a Taylor Swift fan but the pop star was one of Karoline Leavitt’s most listened to Spotify artists

Trump has launched several unprovoked attacks on the pop star since she announced her endorsement of Kamala Harris during the 2024 election

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7 h. ago Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem | Cassandra Loftlin

Big farmers grab the lion’s share of US government support, and recent cuts have chipped away at small growers’ markets and marginsThe most significant food system failure since the pandemic was not a natural disaster: in October, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) was temporarily suspended for the month of November due to the government shutdownMore than 40 million people had to ration food, skip meals and make sacrifices we might associate with the Great Depression, not 21st-century America. Churches, community groups and neighbors sprang into action. They checked on single moms juggling multiple jobs, elderly friends living alone, people with disabilities and large families with children too young for school lunch programs. And though food stamps were restored, the Trump administration is now threatening to pull Snap funds from Democratic-led states. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Endangered wild dog pups die in Zimbabwe as Trump’s aid cuts leave them unprotected

Exclusive: Six African wild dog pups killed in a single road collision in Zimbabwe after a fence that was intended to be built with money from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was left incomplete due to aid cuts

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30 h. ago Fans of iconic club wound up over hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid tax left delighted by liquidation

SALFORD have been wound up over unpaid tax – and fans are delighted. For that means the "b******s who have ruined our club" – Isiosaia ‘Sire’ Kailahi and Curtiz Brown – are out. Now three groups are in the running to take the 152-year-old name on, but they will have to move fast as they...

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32 h. ago What to know about Somalia as Trump wants Somalis in the US to leave

U.S. President Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants living in the United States “garbage” and wants them to leave

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33 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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37 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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37 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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38 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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38 h. ago Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions | Mohamad Bazzi

The administration is heightening its anti-immigrant crackdown – and punishing people from a country the US helped destroyAfter two national guard members were ambushed in Washington DC last week, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, Donald Trump went on a hate-filled social media rant and vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World countries.”Trump’s late night Thanksgiving posts devolved into a fury, evidently because the suspected gunman is an Afghan national. He had worked with the US government, including the CIA, and was evacuated to the US in 2021 after the American military withdrew from Afghanistan.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New York University Continue reading...

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39 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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49 h. ago Food banks face winter surge as record six parcels a minute to be delivered in festive season

Almost three quarters of a million food parcels were provided for children last winter

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49 h. ago Celebrities urge public to back food banks as use soars during festive period

New figures reveal almost three quarters of a million (740,000) emergency food parcels were distributed overall last winter. a 40% increase compared to pre-pandemic levels

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50 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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55 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

Economics

55 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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57 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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57 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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