Morning Report — Trump tests legal shields in political combat

Former President Trump’s lawyers will argue today to the Supreme Court that he can do just about anything he desires and be immune from prosecution, based on the perks of the high office he held ... Read More

Moderate Republicans prepare to fend off challenges from the right: From the Politics Desk

Plus, how high voter turnout could benefit Republicans this fall and the latest developments from the Trump trial. Read More

Morning Report — Trump trial: Conspiracy or politics?

The prosecution Monday told jurors that then-candidate Donald Trump orchestrated a criminal plot to corrupt the 2016 election. Influencing voters is not a felony, the defendant’s lawyer countered. Read More

Oliver Dowden faces Angela Rayner as deputies square up at PMQs – UK politics live

Labour deputy leader makes first appearance at dispatch box at PMQs since investigation opened into sale of her council house. Sunak claims defence spending plan won't affect government's ability ... Read More

Abortion Politics in 2024

In the 2022 midterms, several high-profile Democratic candidates highlighted their Republican opponents’ role in restricting abortion access. Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Beto O’Rourke in Texas were ... Read More

Trump accused of conspiracy as historic hush money trial kicks off. Here’s what happened in court today

Opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial lay out the explosive allegations at the heart as the former president’s defense team insists he is innocent. Read More

Thursday evening news briefing: OJ Simpson dies aged 76 surrounded by his family

Good evening. OJ Simpson, the former NFL player whose controversial double murder trial was played out on screens across the world, has died aged 76. Elsewhere, it has emerged that neighbours of ... Read More

US Steel’s shareholders just voted to end more than a century of American ownership. It may not matter

US Steel shareholders Friday overwhelmingly approved a deal for the iconic American manufacturer to be purchased by Japan’s Nippon Steel. But the outlook for the controversial merger has never looked ... Read More

MPs’ vote on gradual smoking ban set to expose Tory splits over key Sunak policy – UK politics live

PM’s plan to prevent those under 16 ever being able to buy tobacco should pass due to Labour support, but many of his own MPs could abstain or vote against ... Read More

India election: Can Congress’s Gandhis survive political battle against Modi’s BJP?

The city of Raebareli in northern India has for most of the last 75 years been the political fiefdom of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that dominates the once-powerful Congress party and provided three of ... Read More