Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's attempt to restrict mail-in voting
The Supreme Court kept in place a lower court decision blocking the U.S. Postal Service from implementing new restrictions.
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9/14: The Takeout with Major Garrett
Anthropic CEO joins growing calls for AI slowdown; President Trump demands Ukraine stop targeting Russian oil refineries.
Supreme court rejects Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for midterm elections
Decision allows states to send ballots under process followed for years even as president tried to limit systemThe supreme court on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for now, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting in the midterm elections a...
Carney government to ban social media for kids younger than 16, but will allow exemptions - National Post
Prime Minister Mark Carney with his wife Diana Fox Carney during a visit to the Vector Institute at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus in Toronto, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Photo by Peter Power/PostmediaArticle contentOTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is expec...
Supreme Court says Trump can’t enforce new mail-in ballot regulation
The decision means a Postal Service measure that could lead to ballots not being sent to voters won’t be in effect for this November’s midterm elections.
Donald Trump Jr. acknowledges Russian oligarch with ties to Putin hosted his lavish island wedding celebration
The president’s eldest son and his wife, Bettina Trump, said Umar Kremlev “very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations” after their wedding.
A frail-looking McConnell returns to the US Senate after three-month absence
A frail-looking McConnell returns to the US Senate after three-month absence Reuters
Draft plan on Imperial succession presented to Japan's Diet
Japan is discussing ways to ensure Imperial succession. A draft plan presented by Diet leaders proposes that females would stay in the Imperial family after marriage. It also suggests adoption of male descendants in the male line of former Imperial branches.
Japan to hike visa fees for foreigners fivefold from July | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
The Japanese government has decided to raise visa fees for foreign nationals fivefold starting on July 1.
US Urges Citizens To Leave Middle East As Trump Vows To Hit Iran 'Very Hard' - Republic World
Washington: The US Department of State has advised American citizens to consider departing the Middle East or prepare to leave if the security situation deteriorates, following US President Donald Trump's vow to hit Iran "very hard" amid escalating regional hostilities involving ...
US Supreme Court blocks Trump's mail ballot curbs before midterm voting
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected, for now, President Donald Trump's proposed restrictions on mail ballots, leaving states free to continue using the systems they have followed for years as voting in the midterm elections is already under way.
The Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail voting restrictions for this year's midterms
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election.
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Mail Ballot Curbs for Midterms
The US Supreme Court refused to clear the Postal Service to enforce new restrictions on mail-in ballots for the congressional midterm elections, rebuffing the Trump administration’s request to intervene after several states launched early voting.
Trump: AI ‘Taking Over the World...is a Hoax'
"Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum and former Director of the Congressional Budget Office, says the Federal Reserve should raise interest rates this week and ...
Houthi attacks expose gaps in Pakistan's defence pact with Saudi Arabia - Middle East Eye
After positioning itself as a regional mediator by facilitating talks between Washington and Tehran, Pakistan marked a major milestone in its expanding diplomacy last month: the signing of a trilateral defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey in Islam’s holiest city.
View / Warnock and Talarico anchor an election-year boomlet for progressive Christianity
Raphael Warnock and Mike Johnson sat down one-on-one this month for a reason that was bigger than their stated topic.
America’s democratic decline is becoming Europe’s problem, new report says
“Whatever happens in the U.S. has global ramifications,” says IDEA’s Kevin Casas-Zamora.
Green Card Update: Map of States Fighting Against Major Trump Change
A group of 22 states and the District of Columbia is suing the Trump administration over its new green card rule which could prevent new applicants from achieving permanent residency.