The justices’ views did not track along simple ideological lines. Justice Byron White, a Kennedy appointee, felt that limiting spending was critical; otherwise, “you can get and spend all the money you want,” according to notes kept by Justice William J. Brennan Jr. But five other justices were First Amendment hard-liners, from William Rehnquist, a…
Britney Spears has avoided jail time in her DUI case after pleading guilty to a lesser misdemeanour charge of reckless driving. The singer was arrested on March 4 in Ventura County, California after police pulled her over on suspicion of driving under the influence, following reports of erratic, high-speed driving. She was later charged with a misdemeanour count of driving under the…
Dakar — A new podcast released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) presents extensive new testimony and reporting on the conviction of Senegalese journalist and author René Capain Bassène, raising serious questions about the integrity of a case that has become one of West Africa’s most emblematic press freedom concerns. The six-part series, “René…
The case involving Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala and his uncle Alexander Ferrowst Thema has been postponed to 3 August 2026 by a South African court. The two were arrested in November 2025 after police said they discovered explosives in a car driven by Thema with Sikhala travelling as a passenger. However, questions have been…
A federal jury in Virginia on Wednesday delivered a mixed verdict in the trial of an Afghan man accused of helping plot a terrorist bombing outside the Kabul airport during the August 2021 American withdrawal. The jury found the man guilty of aiding a terrorist group but deadlocked on whether to hold him responsible for…
The Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday during arguments in a dispute that could determine the fate of thousands of lawsuits that claim a widely used weedkiller causes cancer. The case is the latest turn in a yearslong legal battle over safety concerns with the weedkiller Roundup. Developed by Monsanto in the 1970s, the herbicide…
US President Donald Trump takes questions during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for construction to…
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Monday in a case that could lead to the dismissal of tens of thousands of lawsuits against Bayer, the pharmaceutical and biotech giant, that claim the weedkiller Roundup caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Developed by Monsanto in the 1970s, Roundup is one of the best-selling weedkillers in the…
It was 10:31 p.m. on Saturday when President Trump walked into the White House briefing room, still dressed in his tuxedo and bow tie, to talk about what may have been yet another attempt on his life. “Well, thank you very much,” he said. “That was very unexpected!” Moments before he walked out, the president…
The Polymarket prediction market website is displayed on a computer screen, Jan. 11, 2026, in New York. Wyatte Grantham-Philips | AP The Army Special Forces soldier criminally charged in connection with making hugely profitable bets on Polymarket related to the U.S. military raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was released Friday on an unsecured…
