12 h. ago Banker wins Supreme Court divorce battle over £80m he gave ex

Judges have issued their ruling on a bitter divorce battle over £80m retired sheep-farming tycoon and ex-CFO of UBS Clive Standish gave his wife to avoid inheritance tax

Economics

15 h. ago UK Supreme Court divorce case sets precedent for dividing up assets

Former UBS CFO transferred investments worth £78mn to his wife but argued they had not become ‘matrimonialised’

Events

16 h. ago The supreme court is cracking down on judges – and letting Trump run wild | Steven Greenhouse

The justices’ decision limiting judicial injunctions gives a red light to the most effective check on the president’s power grabEver since Donald Trump returned to power, he has carried out an unprecedented assault against the country’s rule of law. But we can be thankful that one group of people – federal district court judges – have bravely stood up to him and his many illegal actions.His excesses include gutting federal agencies, deporting immigrants without due process, seeking to cut thousands of federal jobs despite their legal protections, and ordering an end to birthright citizenship. Intent on upholding the constitution and rule of law, district court judges have issued more than 190 orders blocking or temporarily pausing Trump actions they considered illegal. Their decisions have slowed the US president’s wrecking ball as it demolishes federal agencies, devastates foreign aid, decimates scientific research and demoralizes government employees.Steven Greenhouse is a journal...

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31 h. ago Legislation ‘forthcoming’ to stop Adams internment compensation – Benn

A Supreme Court judgment in 2020 paved the way for the ex-Sinn Fein president to secure compensation over his internment without trial in the 1970s.

Politics

37 h. ago Planned Parenthood may not survive the Trump administration | Moira Donegan

The Trump administration has made repeated cuts targeting the organization’s clinics. Now the US supreme court has struck another blowPlanned Parenthood, the massive, 108-year-old network of women’s and reproductive health clinics that operates almost 600 health centers across the United States, may not survive the Trump administration. Long a hated symbol on the right, and unable to summon enthusiastic support from the left, the medical network has nevertheless remained a symbolic and material cornerstone of women’s equality, serving millions of patients – many of them indigent or low-income – each year, and housing one of the biggest feminist and pro-choice lobbying and litigation shops in America, in addition to being one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers.Since returning to power in January, the Trump administration has made repeated cuts targeting Planned Parenthood’s clinics, excluding the group from the vast Title X family planning program, on the pretext of scurril...

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43 h. ago Trans charity demands investigation into EHRC following Supreme Court ruling on gender

Exclusive: Leading trans campaign group files formal complaint over EHRC conduct

Events

53 h. ago Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported

A federal judge is questioning when the Trump administration will try to enforce its birthright citizenship executive order

Events

55 h. ago Judge again delays Abrego Garcia’s release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns

A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released

Events

58 h. ago No state is safe: Trans people are planning to move overseas rather than live in Trump’s America

Conservatives’ increasingly frenzied attacks on trans rights have made many people feel the USA is no longer safe for them — and the Court’s ruling in US v Skrmetti is just the latest ‘domino’, Io Dodds reports

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60 h. ago Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states

The Supreme Court has thrown out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices’ recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for transgender youths

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63 h. ago As Trump targets birthright citizenship, the terrain is once again ‘women’s bodies and sexuality’

From 22 Chinese women detained in 1874 for being ‘lewd and debauched’, experts point to a grim US traditionOne day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, five pregnant immigrant women – led by an asylum seeker from Venezuela – sued over the president’s executive order limiting automatic birthright citizenship, out of fear that their unborn children would be left stateless.The case went before the supreme court, which sided with the Trump administration Friday by restricting the ability of federal judges to block the order. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Broadcasters should air the view that trans women are women, media watchdog suggests

Media watchdog Ofcom reportedly told GB News that trans issues should not be seen as 'settled' despite the Supreme Court ruling that the definition of a woman should be based on their sex at birth.

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3 d. ago Broadcasters must air the view that trans women are women, media watchdog says

Media watchdog Ofcom reportedly told GB News that trans issues should not be seen as 'settled' despite the Supreme Court ruling that the definition of a woman should be based on their sex at birth.

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3 d. ago As trade deal deadline looms, Trump says he’ll write letters to countries about tariffs: ‘Dear Mr Japan, here’s the story’

President and his administration promised 90 trade deals in 90 days, a deadline that falls on July 8

Economics

3 d. ago ‘No one is coming to save us’: Trans people are planning to move overseas rather than live in Trump’s America

Conservatives’ increasingly frenzied attacks on trans rights have made many people feel the USA is no longer safe for them — and the Court’s ruling in US v Skrmetti is just the latest ‘domino’, Io Dodds reports

Politics

4 d. ago Donald Trump's sinister plan to abolish major rights as Supreme Court gives him more powers

The US President wants to abolish a right enshrined in the US Constitution for 157 years - and now there's almost nobody who can stop him

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4 d. ago Donald Trump's sinister plan to abolish major rights as Supreme Court gives him more power

The US President wants to abolish a right enshrined in the US Constitution for 157 years - and now there's almost nobody who can stop him

Politics

4 d. ago MAFS star Ella Morgan shares mental health struggle since Supreme Court’s trans ruling

Ella Morgan was among the celebrities attending the 2025 Rainbow Honours on Friday

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4 d. ago What to know about the US Supreme Court's ruling on public school lessons using LGBTQ books

The Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school lesson uses LGBTQ storybooks

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5 d. ago New Hampshire lawsuit seeks to stop politicization of youth center abuse victims' fund

A newly filed class action lawsuit in New Hampshire seeks to block changes to an out-of-court settlement fund for victims of child abuse at the state's youth detention center

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