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The court, which has decided very few Second Amendment cases, will consider whether the government may disarm people subject to restraining orders for domestic abuse. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/0cQfM3O

The Supreme Court said that such an expansive program needed explicit approval by Congress. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/P3QKRxb

Lawyers for the Biden administration told the Supreme Court that it could cancel billions of dollars in student debt because Congress had given it that authority using the HEROES Act in 2003. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/H8K4ma0

President Biden has a new challenge: how to respond to the disappointment of millions of his supporters whose thousands of dollars in debt is coming due. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/H43XwPW

Once a focus of the nation’s culture wars, the issue has taken a back seat to gender issues. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/iotq5EV

Some Tories were angry the ex-senior civil servant who wrote a report on Partygate had been offered the job. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/IH9qZdE

A hoax item wrapped in a Pride flag was left outside the home of an Alliance Party councillor. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/FJ39tQc

Records for some cash and cheques have been lost but the party says it is on track to file its accounts on time. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Ja2o9IM

The fast-fashion company’s attempt to rebut allegations of forced labor and poor working conditions was met with incredulity online. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/3u0vFPd

The case was brought by Abigail Fisher, a white student who said the University of Texas had denied her admission because of her race. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/q9c53Qs

The Pew survey shows a clear divide along racial and ethnic lines: A majority of white and Asian adults disapprove of racial consideration in admissions, while Black Americans largely approve and Hispanics are about evenly split. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9ih4bDO

There are 400 fewer nurseries in England compared to last year, with the sector blaming "chronic underfunding". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/JPtjzBW

Critics of the Privileges Committee believe MPs have the right to criticise, but others just want to move on. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/TY8InoR

The arrests come after an investigation by federal prosecutors into trading in the securities of Digital World Acquisition Group, which merged with former President Trump’s social media platform. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/oLP029s

Heat pump costs, poor insulation and lack of workers hinder scheme but industry remains positive. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/OZ8WVyt

The government suffers a setback as judges said Rwanda is not a safe third country. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/xWOgeto

A liberal Republican, he became known for his fierce criticism of Nixon during Watergate. Decades later, he termed Donald Trump “a total con artist.” from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/S9ehiwk

His family name, libertarian bent and support from the tech world, along with his views on censorship and vaccines, have given Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a foothold in the 2024 contest. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/rvkF4bx

The party says it would force firms to put the environment before profits, as political pressure over bills and quality grows. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/rCZHpBd

Shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy's comments mark a change from her previous support for rent freezes. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/qImOAyS

Reports suggest the company is in talks over its future, with one option being temporary re-nationalisation. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/RWp6c0M

The 6-3 majority dismissed the “independent state legislature” theory, which would have given state lawmakers nearly unchecked power over federal elections. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/XT6pBVz

The company bought a shuttered General Motors plant in Ohio but struggled to produce its pickup truck. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/0ZdRah6

The report by Democrats provided the most comprehensive picture to date of how federal officials missed, downplayed or failed to act on multiple threats of and plans for violence. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/c7gbHaK

Ex-health secretary says pandemic planning focused too much on burying dead rather than stopping disaster. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/DMfdh1S

Vetting committee asks for new powers to ensure ministers can not flout the rules in the way Boris Johnson did. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/lVOEgrw

Ben Houchen says the process of selecting and vetting peers was "not just down to Boris". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/dez4hL6

Campaigning in a Texas border city, the Florida governor laid out a series of hard-right immigration proposals, including some that would face legal roadblocks or test the limits of presidential authority. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/rC4o5zA

Fox’s prime time ratings have consistently been the highest in cable news but have fallen off by roughly one-third since the network took Mr. Carlson off the air. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/GNce9J3

Physicists have long explored how phenomena in groups of three can sow chaos. A new three-body problem, they warn, could lead to not only global races for new armaments but also thermonuclear war. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/sDyRCBp

Ministers confirm they are considering next year's public sector pay deals, as Rishi Sunak warns about inflation. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/9ujEAez

A $5 billion federal program aims to make better Covid vaccines. But vaccine makers are confused by murky regulatory guidance. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/xvEMa3F

Fatboy Slim, Billy Bragg and 31 MPs urge the government to allow on-site tests to go ahead this year. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/jH9paUZ

People in UK less likely to survive treatable conditions than in other rich nations, study suggests. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/zh3W0m1

With their party out of power, some Republicans in the state are worried that the former president could cost Michigan its status as a swing state. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mvjPkU4

The group played an outsize role in the campaign to take Bakhmut, Moscow’s one major battlefield victory this year. The loss of the mercenary army could hurt Russia’s ambitions in the Ukraine war. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZwuTzlR

Former President Donald J. Trump told an evangelical gathering that no president had done more for Christians than he did. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/5taeSYP

The armed standoff on the road to Moscow, brief as it was, represented the most dramatic struggle for power in Russia in decades. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/gRTAqk9

She was the first female general secretary of the party and played a major role in two election wins. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/WbxNHlg

The attorney general denied assertions that he had interfered with the case and blocked a prosecutor from lodging more charges. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/wyIp1De

The former vice president called on his rivals to back the ban, which is more strict than what former President Donald J. Trump has said he would support. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/RYqXi4S

A by-election is being held in Uxbridge and South Ruislip following the resignation of Boris Johnson. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/2uYfFIO

The 49-year-old tells his constituents in Winchester it is time for a "new chapter" in his life. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Zc8pT0y

The Home Office is accused of leaving people homeless by outbidding councils for accommodation. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/JUudnDl

The walkout in England, beginning at 07:00 on July 13, will last for five consecutive days. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/MCI1ebx

Yeonmi Park’s account of the horrors of North Korea made her a human rights celebrity. Her new claims that America is on the same path have made her a right-wing media star. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/AhV0bZD

A South African woman tells a Lords committee about "shocking" working conditions on English farms. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/RiUJqgM

The RMT says 20,000 members will strike on 20, 22, and 29 July. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/V2qQ4Fx

The money will help finance three plants the automaker and its partner, SK On, are building in Kentucky and Tennessee. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mj5Cb4X

Mr. Hurd, a former congressman from a swing district in Texas, is a former undercover C.I.A. officer and a cybersecurity expert. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/GI0Df79

One of the most iconic figures in the Scottish independence movement has died, her family confirms. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/8eUJkZN

Mr. Hurd, a moderate who represented a large swing district for three terms, was the only Black Republican in the House when he left office in 2021. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/eXMOa0A

In an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal, the justice disputed a ProPublica report, saying he was not required to disclose the trip or recuse himself from his benefactor’s cases. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ndH7BXg

Democrats will try to bring to the floor a set of bills intended to protect women’s health and reproductive freedom, knowing they will be blocked by Republicans. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/YrH8FRJ

Councils warn getting rid of fees to dispose of DIY material will see costs passed on to households in other ways. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/iHldCmK

Three years of relief from payments on $1.6 trillion in student debt allowed for other borrowing and spending — and will shift into reverse. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/EaS9O04

Lisa Blunt Rochester, the handpicked successor to retiring Senator Thomas R. Carper, would be the third Black woman in history to win a Senate seat. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/bZBVs96

The Labour leader says "13 years of economic failure" have "put mortgages through the roof". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/4GuLC26

The historic ruling has hurt the party electorally, but G.O.P. lawmakers are still moving to pass more restrictive laws. These two realities represent the defining political fallout of the end of Roe v. Wade. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/JzeKObi

A senior Tory MP says ex-mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey should consider turning down honour over party. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/o5gfLK8

Measures to allow community projects to sell electricity directly to local homes are also set to be dropped. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/1TZXs2U

“There was no document,” the former president said on Fox News as he gave some of his most expansive remarks on the case that led to his federal indictment. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/iyusmFa

The Florida governor made a fund-raising stop in Sacramento not far from the home of Gov. Gavin Newsom. The two are in the midst of a mutually beneficial feud. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/XlMSYui

The Scottish government has released its latest paper in the Building a New Scotland prospectus. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/L0aAjTz

The talks between Antony J. Blinken, the secretary of state, and Wang Yi, Beijing’s top foreign policy official, were a prelude to an expected meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/NXeGDtZ

Sir Keir Starmer will vow to cut bills and create jobs when he sets out his party's green energy plans. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/WKlSpRP

The home secretary says it is needed to bring an end to the "dangerous culture" of people carrying weapons. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/xd7WAoa

The former attorney general, who has become a vocal critic of the former president, also attacked his character in extraordinary language. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QJjIdcE

When Daniel Ellsberg was 42, a judge threw out Espionage Act charges against him. At 90, he sought such charges again in hope of challenging their constitutionality. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Dm8yMBw

Michael Gove was asked about what whether any help would be given to those struggling with payments. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/jaOF6eH

The housing secretary says a 90-day Commons suspension for the ex-PM is "not merited". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Q7e2rKn

Simon Parry "persistently followed" the MP on two occasions, Westminster Magistrates' Court hears. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/8BTWFfJ

The Republican presidential candidate has made inaccurate or misleading claims about abortion, trans youth, foreign policy and domestic issues. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/sifRlBr

Chief executives in the U.S. have long pushed for closer ties between the two countries. Now they just hope a rocky situation won’t get worse. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/CIkeFtq

The former PM did not seek clearance from Parliament's ethics advisers to take up his new job. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/mqzQDtX

Privately, U.S. and European officials concede that pushing all of Russia’s forces out of occupied Ukrainian land is highly unlikely. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Cs9zLYK

Special teams were sent to the U.S. outpost in Cuba after the Sept. 11 attacks. The Coast Guard said a Navy sea patrol assumed their duties. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/nTUW2ub

Rhun ap Iorwerth is elected unopposed after no other candidates challenged him for the job. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/WwyYolN

A Navy veteran and a regular presence at Donald Trump’s side, he is said to have played a central role in helping to thwart government efforts to retrieve classified documents. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/2KZmysa

Critics say the law gives an unfair advantage to e-commerce companies from other countries, including some where forced labor is an issue. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/pKv53PZ

The former prime minister has been allowed to use public money to hire top lawyers to defend himself. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/sKJD9eZ

A long-awaited report says there were "systemic weaknesses" at debt-ridden Thurrock Council. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/p46dmkn

A report by MPs into whether the former prime minister misled Parliament has finally been published. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/CKwpuLq

Judge Aileen M. Cannon, under scrutiny for past rulings favoring the former president, has presided over only a few criminal cases that went to trial. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/c6uYnVt

An all-indictment, all-the-time news diet could swallow the summer, denying attention to other Republican candidates who need it like oxygen. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/JHcpdwe

The Ukrainians are now on the offense. But measuring their progress is difficult this early on. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/NvCj1un

A by-election for the ex-prime minister's former seat is set to take place between 13 and 21 July. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/jO6XsUD

The onscreen text appeared Tuesday beneath split-screen footage of President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, who had been charged with federal crimes hours earlier. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/KBwonI8

The chancellor says he would support the Bank of England to "do what it takes" to reduce inflation. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/RJmkCEM

Ten members of the Army’s elite Delta Force unit were flown to Germany for medical treatment after a helicopter accident. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/r8N3cLh

Succession plans at the military alliance is expected to be on their agenda as Jens Stoltenberg says he is stepping down in September. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/i1z0JAW

Both Lord Ranger and Poonam Joshi apologise following a row which began at a Diwali celebration in Parliament. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Axh2dID

The two candidates for the 2024 Republican nomination have begun to move away from solely denouncing the Justice Department. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/jhKanSc

The committee examined whether the former PM misled MPs about Downing Street parties during Covid. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/W0eOMnD

The former president will interview lawyers to represent him on Tuesday following his indictment on charges of mishandling national security secrets and obstructing efforts to reclaim the documents. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ih48nQI

The White House said President Biden would not be put under general anesthesia for the procedure. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/EPWxvNF

The PGA Tour and LIV have been asked to provide documents and communications tied to the agreement announced last week. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/d7amHwN

The regulator says it wants to "gauge current audience attitudes" to programmes hosted by politicians. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/EsXVgmT

Humza Yousaf says he sees "no reason" to suspend his predecessor following her arrest. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Eq8GtSf

The network and its former star host have been engaged in an increasingly bitter dispute over Mr. Carlson’s Twitter videos, which Fox says violate his contract. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/aZTNSvX

The prime minister says his predecessor asked him to nominate people despite a panel rejecting them. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/OUme2gp

The shortlist was drawn up following interviews by a selection panel at Conservative party headquarters. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/OX51EM7

The candidates challenging Donald Trump have to decide how to run against the indicted former president. And it could determine where the party goes from here. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/jvAgY5z

Scotland's former first minister is released without charge pending further police investigations. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/8TUP493

Police Scotland said a 52-year-old woman was arrested in Glasgow on Sunday. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/FDNTrm9

The former president’s allies have portrayed the indictment as an act of war and called for retribution, which political violence experts say increases the risk of action. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/BvC8Ilt

The F.B.I. is investigating the death of the man known as the “Unabomber,” who was transferred to a federal prison medical center in 2021. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/3QDps8C

“This administration has your back,” the president told a group of Pride Month revelers outside the White House. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZdBOpa3

Boris Johnson quit as an MP, saying he was the victim of a "witch hunt" over Partygate report. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/HpDwaNZ

Quitting Parliament is entirely on brand and raises questions about his next move, writes Laura Kuenssberg. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/wnPzi5l

The issue has cast a cloud over the coming proceedings in the U.S.S. Cole bombing case, which are scheduled to last three weeks starting Monday. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/iInF4mC

The former president said in a Truth Social post that James Trusty and John Rowley will no longer represent him in the documents case. They called it “an honor” to represent him. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/boeR45W

The Inflation Reduction Act contains tax breaks for solar and wind companies to buy American equipment. Qualifying won’t be easy. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ixwvyN7

The recording, confirmed by a person briefed on the matter, is expected to be a critical piece of evidence in the case against him that the special counsel Jack Smith brought this week. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/kWXb1EZ

The BBC has been told a complaint about Bambos Charalambous was made to Labour's complaint process. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/jPUVzgK

The peer tells the BBC she backs the Labour leader's vision and would want to "get something done". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/kwyYINx

House Republicans vowed to use their majority in Congress to fight the Justice Department. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/I9S51Lp

The Conservative Party raises more than £12m, with the help of the biggest donation in two decades. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ZEOVzx4

Voting rights advocates had feared the decision would undermine the Voting Rights Act, which instead appeared to emerge unscathed. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/OvSoh20