The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction blocking key parts of President Donald Trump’s mail-in voting executive order in 23 states. The order sought to create federal voter eligibility lists and restrict mail ballot delivery to approved voters.
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Andy Burnham said he would publicly disagree with Donald Trump if Britain’s national interest required it, while declining to say whether he trusted the U.S. president. He also ruled out an early general election and declined to set a date for raising defence spending to 3% of GDP.
India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned after weeks of nationwide “Cockroach” protests over alleged examination paper leaks. Protest leaders celebrated the move but said demands for compensation, protections for protesters and police accountability remain unresolved.
President Donald Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner three months after a shooting disrupted the original event. He praised journalists, joked about another run and attacked political opponents and members of the press.
President Donald Trump ordered temporary signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History accusing it of presenting inaccurate information. Smithsonian leaders and the American Historical Association have defended the museum’s scholarship and accuracy.
Trump departed Turkey on the older Air Force One after U.S. officials identified a credible missile threat from Iran-linked proxy forces. The threat was reportedly aimed at Trump and whichever aircraft he was using, not specifically the Qatari-donated jet.
Court filings say 284 Department of Energy grants were selected for termination based on whether they were tied to states that voted for Kamala Harris and had two Democratic senators. The Energy Department denies that the cancellation decisions were politically motivated.
Trump said the U.S. will launch a Section 301 investigation into the European Union over fines on major American tech firms and threatened a substantial tariff. The move follows a €890 million EU penalty against Google and comes alongside new U.S. tariffs on dozens of trading partners.