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Trump’s strategy to delay cases before the election is working

The ex-president scored two huge legal victories this week that make it all but certain two of his trials will take place after NovemberDespite some dismal days spent in the courtroom, Donald Trump earned two significant legal victories this week with separate decisions that make it all but certain two of the pending criminal trials against him will...

Thu May 9, 2024 13:07
Black Louisiana voters ask US supreme court to confirm congressional district

State’s attorney general also appealing to allow new, majority-Black district to stand for November electionBlack Louisiana voters are working against the clock to keep a panel of conservative federal judges from blocking a new Black-majority congressional district from being in effect for the November election.The Louisiana state conference of the...

Thu May 9, 2024 13:07
Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage

If passed, the groundbreaking measure could be a model for other states to hold fossil fuel companies liableVermont is poised to pass a groundbreaking measure forcing major polluting companies to help pay for damages caused by the climate crisis, in a move being closely watched by other states including New York and California.Modeled after the Environmental...

Thu May 9, 2024 13:07
Peter Dutton compares ‘river to the sea’ chants at pro-Palestinian protests to Hitler

Opposition leader’s comments ‘a very bad faith’ reading of protestors’ chant, Jewish Council of Australia says Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has compared chants at pro-Palestine university protests to the ideology of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in comments labelled “deeply...

Thu May 9, 2024 13:07
Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli officials criticise ‘very disappointing’ threat from Joe Biden to stop arms supplies

Gilad Erdan says move by Joe Biden stems from political pressure after campus protests and with US election coming soonAnalysis: Biden seeks to pull rank in US-Israel relationshipAt least 34,844 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive in Gaza and 78,404 Palestinians injured, according to the territory’s health ministry. Thousands more...

Thu May 9, 2024 12:58
The Killers’ Mr Brightside becomes biggest song to never reach UK No 1

Band overtake Oasis’s Wonderwall and celebrate how the much-chanted chart staple ‘has been completely embraced by the British public’The Killers’ Mr Brightside, already the longest-running Top 100 hit in UK chart history, has been named the biggest single not to reach UK No 1.Currently in its 408th week in the chart at No 71 and still being streamed...

Thu May 9, 2024 12:58

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