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US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, leaving app’s fate to Trump

Washington DC, US Reuters The Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days. The court’s 9-0 decision throws the social media platform […]

Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction on immunity grounds

New York, US Reuters Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to overturn his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in light of the US Supreme Court’s July ruling recognising immunity from prosecution for a president’s official acts. Justice Juan Merchan’s denial of Trump’s motion to dismiss the New York […]

US Supreme Court will hear clash over religious exemptions from Wisconsin tax

Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state’s unemployment insurance tax in a case with potential implications for constitutional religious rights. The justices took up an appeal by the Catholic Charities Bureau, […]

Trump moves to toss January 6 obstruction charges, citing Supreme Court ruling

Washington DC, US Reuters Donald Trump on Thursday urged a federal judge to toss out two obstruction charges central to the case that the former US President illegally sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat, citing a recent US Supreme Court ruling raising the legal bar for those offences. Lawyers for Trump, the Republican presidential […]

Missouri man executed despite prosecutor’s opposition

Reuters A Missouri man was executed on Tuesday, according to the state’s Department of Corrections, even though the prosecutor’s office that secured his murder conviction 21 years ago expressed doubts about the integrity of the case and the victim’s family said he should be spared. The US Supreme Court, the last body that could have […]

Donald Trump faces revised US indictment in election subversion case

Washington DC, US Reuters Donald Trump faced a revised federal indictment on Tuesday accusing him of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, with prosecutors narrowing their approach after a US Supreme Court ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution. US Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team obtained the superseding indictment in […]

Essay: We want a king

PAUL CLARK says events in the US this week echo a strangely similar cry in the Old Testament book of Samuel – one that didn’t go so well…

Thousands of faith leaders, union members, activists rally for poor in the US

Washington DC, US RNS Thousands of clergy, union members and activists rallied on behalf of the poor near the US Capitol on Saturday, with faith leaders calling for lawmakers to embrace a slate of policies and for low-wealth Americans to make their voices heard in November as the nation’s “largest potential swing vote.” Rev William […]

US Supreme Court finds Trump has broad immunity from prosecution

Updated: 10:15am (AEST) Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court found on Monday that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for actions that were within his constitutional powers as president in a landmark ruling recognising for the first time any form of presidential immunity from prosecution. The justices, in a six-to-three ruling authored by Chief […]