Schumer: 'Disgraceful' Trump immunity decision will 'weaken' democracy
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NBC News - Politics
Conservative legal scholars say the Supreme Court's Trump immunity decision isn't conservative
The Supreme Court's decision to grant former President Donald Trump absolute immunity for some of his conduct in seeking to overturn the 2020 election has attracted a chorus of criticism from those who saw it as another sign of conservative ...Donald Trump -
CBS News - Top stories
Trump's sentencing delayed in New York conviction following Supreme Court immunity decision
Former President Donald Trump's sentencing for his New York criminal conviction has been delayed after the Supreme Court earlier this week ruled presidents have immunity for official acts while in office. CBS News' Robert Costa explains the ...New York -
MarketWatch - Business
‘None of these will survive’: The Supreme Court’s immunity decision may kill all the criminal cases against Trump
The opinion could hamstring all four criminal cases Trump has faced, legal experts say, leaving prosecutors in several — if not all of them — unable to proceed.Donald Trump -
The Hill - Politics
Brother of fallen Capitol officer Sicknick slams Supreme Court immunity decision
The family of a police officer who died after responding to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots warned that the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision this week should "frighten" Americans. The Supreme Court issued a landmark decision Monday ... -
CBS News - Politics
A look at the fallout from the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision
Former President Trump is appealing his conviction in New York following the Supreme Court's ruling that presidents have immunity for official acts. Jan Crawford examines whether that will affect the conviction and how it will impact the remaining ... -
The Guardian - World
Democrats in disarray as Trump immunity ruling raises stakes
With democracy at a moment of maximum peril, millions were pinning their hopes on the Democratic party as a last wall of defence – but the debate changed that. “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” So wrote supreme court justice Sonia ...Donald Trump -
NBC News - Politics
After immunity ruling, Trump’s hush money sentencing delayed
After the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity decision, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York has postponed his sentencing that was scheduled for July 11, moving it to mid-September. NBC’s Laura Jarrett ... -
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Why Trump's "hush money" sentencing is being delayed over immunity ruling
Donald Trump's sentencing for the conviction in his New York "hush money" trial is being postponed until September after his lawyers moved to toss the guilty verdict because of the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling. Attorney and CBS ...Donald Trump -
The Guardian - World
The Guardian view on Trump and presidential immunity: the return of the king | Editorial
The supreme court’s sweeping ruling is a blow to democracy in the US. The supreme court’s ruling on presidential immunity combines a tectonic constitutional shift and immediate political repercussions to devastating effect. It allows one man to ...Donald Trump -
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Jan. 6 victims frustrated over Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity
Many of the victims and the families of those who were attacked in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol are sharing their frustration and anger with the Supreme Court.Donald Trump -
The Guardian - World
Trump would be free to obstruct justice in second term after immunity ruling
Supreme court decision means Trump could freely abuse “core” presidential functions without accountability. When the special counsel Robert Mueller testified to Congress in 2019 about the Russia investigation, he said he believed Donald Trump ...Donald Trump -
The Hill - Politics
Biden, critics fear emboldened Trump after Supreme Court immunity ruling
A Supreme Court decision giving presidents wide protection from facing charges after leaving office has sparked fears voiced by President Biden and Democratic critics that former President Trump will be further emboldened should he be elected to a ...Joe Biden -
The Hill - Politics
Trump latches on to Supreme Court immunity ruling in documents case
Former President Trump is beginning to leverage the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling in his classified documents criminal case. In court papers filed Friday, Trump asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to halt most proceedings in ...Donald Trump -
The Guardian - World
Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling
Filing asks Aileen Cannon to take scalpel to any charges considered ‘official’ acts that could not be prosecuted. Donald Trump moved on Friday to capitalize on the US supreme court’s decision to confer broad immunity to former presidents, asking ...Donald Trump -
The New York Times - Top stories
After Immunity Ruling, Trump Seeks Delay of Classified Documents Case
The former president’s lawyers asked to freeze nearly all proceedings while they sort out whether the Supreme Court decision applies to charges focused on actions after he left the White House.Donald Trump -
NBC News - Top stories
Trump seeks pause in documents case, citing Supreme Court immunity ruling
The former president has argued that removing classified documents from the White House and allegedly designating them as personal items were "official acts."Donald Trump -
CBS News - Politics
Jan. 6 victims frustrated over Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity
Many of the victims and the families of those who were attacked in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol are sharing their frustration and anger with the Supreme Court.Donald Trump -
CBS News - Politics
Trump sentencing delayed as judge weighs Supreme Court immunity ruling
Justice Juan Merchan set a new sentencing date of Sept. 18, "if such is still necessary."Donald Trump -
The Guardian - World
The week that changed the US election: Trump’s immunity as Biden falls flat on his face
Plus: A dispatch from Wisconsin, more lies and no more lawyering for Rudy Giuliani. Hello there.. Well, that was interesting, wasn’t it? The election was trundling along pretty normally, then we get a momentous week that changed the shape of the ...Joe Biden -
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Female MPs call harassment an assault on democracy
"This election has been the worst election I have ever stood in," Labour's Jess Phillips tells the count. -
CNN - Top stories
Biden makes the case for democracy after meeting with Zelensky
President Joe Biden apologized to Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday for aid delays from the US, telling the Ukrainian leader "we're not going to walk away from you."Joe Biden -
BBC News - Top stories
'No decision' made on Ronaldo's Portugal future
"No decision" has been made on the international futures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe, says Portugal boss Roberto Martinez. -
The New York Times - World
Israel’s Repeated Evacuation Orders Take Toll on Already Weakened Gazans
The latest order, which the United Nations estimated affects about 250,000 people, was the largest since October, the U.N. said.Israel -
The Hill - Politics
Supreme Court’s weakening of public corruption safeguards sparks alarm
Ethics and legal experts warn that the Supreme Court has struck a serious blow to prosecutors’ ability to crack down on the abuse of power and public corruption. And that’s ringing alarm bells when Donald Trump, who was convicted in May by a ... -
ABC News - World
How France's Macron went from a successful political newcomer to a weakened leader
French President Emmanuel Macron’s expected political failure in decisive parliamentary elections Sunday may paralyze the country, weaken him abroad and overshadow his legacy -
Financial Times - Business
Conservatives set for historic UK election defeat, polls suggest
Labour leader Keir Starmer could secure a parliamentary majority of more than 200United Kingdom -
ABC News - World
Post-communist generation is hoping for a new era of democracy in Mongolia
Younger Mongolians helped deliver a setback to the ruling party in last week’s parliamentary elections after three decades of democracy but it’s unclear if the country is headed for a major changes -
The Guardian - World
‘Defending democracy is paramount’: Rula Jebreal warns against Meloni rule
The journalist, and critics, accuse the Italian PM of leading the country towards authoritarianism. The first time Rula Jebreal came face to face with Giorgia Meloni was for a TV debate in November 2016.. It was the day after the US presidential ... -
MarketWatch - Business
Businesses show biggest contraction since pandemic, ISM finds. The economy may be weakening.
Service-oriented companies such as hotels, banks and retailers that dominate the economy contracted in June for the second time in three months in another sign growth in the U.S. is slowing. -
NBC News - Politics
Liberal justices raise alarm about Supreme Court's weakening of federal agency power
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared visibly perturbed as she complained last week about a Supreme Court ruling that curbed the powers of the Securities and Exchange Commission. -
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Beryl weakens to a tropical storm after hitting Mexico but could become a hurricane again as it heads to Texas
Tropical Storm Beryl moved out of the Yucatán Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico Friday night, where it is forecast to take a path toward Mexico and southern Texas and regain hurricane strength along the way, forecasters said. -
The Guardian - World
The US supreme court utterly distorted the true threat to American democracy | Lawrence Douglas
According to the court, a rogue prosecutor is somehow more dangerous to US rule of law than a rogue commander-in-chief. In its extraordinarily disturbing decision earlier this week granting presidents wide-ranging immunity from criminal ... -
ABC News - World
France's government spokesperson is attacked on the campaign trail, days before decisive election
Several candidates have reported being attacked on the campaign trail in the final stretch before a high-stakes French legislative election -
NBC News - Top stories
France’s government spokesperson is attacked on the campaign trail, days before decisive election
In the final stretch before France’s high-stakes parliamentary elections Sunday, several candidates have reported being attacked on the campaign trail, including government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot. -
The New York Times - Top stories
How Biden Might Be Thinking About the Decision Ahead of Him
Does Biden run? Does he step aside? His recurring considerations are family, legacy and, yes, his age.Joe Biden -
The New York Times - World
Andrew Tate Is Allowed to Leave Romania in Latest Court Decision
The court in Bucharest ruled that Mr. Tate and his brother, who are facing human trafficking and rape charges, must remain in the European Union as they await trial, his lawyer said. -
CNN - Top stories
Supreme Court maintains access to abortion pill in unanimous decision
The Supreme Court has issued a decision on whether the US Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority by expanding access to the abortion pill mifepristone.Abortion -
NBC News - Top stories
White House weighs options after ruling on immunity as Democrats react with outrage
The White House is considering its options for a response to the Supreme Court's blockbuster ruling on immunity that handed Donald Trump a major victory, as President Joe Biden warns that an amoral future president could abuse those powers. -
The New York Times - World
Why the Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Worries U.S. Allies
Legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court ruling pushes past most of the norms in effect among American allies, adding more concern about the reliability of U.S. power.