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Three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission who were fired by President Donald Trump in May urged the Supreme Court on Friday to leave in place an order by a federal judge in Maryland that required the Trump administration to reinstate them to their jobs. Mary Boyle, Alexander Hoehn-Saric, and Richard Trumka, all of whom were appointed to the commission by then-President Joe Biden, told the justices that although the federal government attempted “to paint a picture of chaos at the agency” in its own Supreme Court filing, it instead “simply describe[d] the Commissioners performing official functions that the…
Craving a bite after midnight? Dubai doesn’t sleep and neither do these restaurantsWhether you’re fueling a post-party hunger, powering through a night shift, or just in the mood for a 3am manoushe, Dubai’s round-the-clock food scene has you covered. From sizzling shawarma and Turkish breakfasts to vegan sliders and Arabic grills, these 24/7 spots keep the kitchen hot all day (and night) long. Here are the go-to places where late-night eats meet all-day flavourAllo BeirutWhether it’s a late-night manoushe craving or a 3am shawarma run, Allo Beirut’s Hessa Street branch has you covered. This all-day Lebanese diner brings nostalgic Beirut…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Nine months ago, Hurricane Helene barreled up from the Gulf of Mexico and slammed into the rugged mountains of western North Carolina, dumping a foot of rain onto an already saturated landscape. More than 100 people died, most by drowning in floodwaters or being crushed by water-fueled landslides. “We had no idea it was going to do what it did,” said Jeff Howell, the now-retired emergency manager in Yancey…
US President Donald Trump has said he will impose a 35% tariff on Canadian goods starting on 1 August, even as the two countries were days away from a self-imposed deadline to reach a new trade deal.The announcement came in the form of a letter published on Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, along with additional threats of blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most trade partners.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government would continue to protect his country’s workers and businesses as they head towards the new deadline.Trump has sent more than 20 such letters to other…
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: Zachary Shemtob, The morning read for Friday, July 11, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 11, 2025, 9:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/the-morning-read-for-friday-july-11/ Source link
Reinier de Ridder returns to the capital for the biggest fight of his careerThere’s something poetic about Reinier de Ridder’s (RdR) return to Abu Dhabi. A decade ago, the Dutch dynamo clinched his first major title on the mats of the capital at the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu Jitsu Championship. Fast forward to 2025, and he’s back, only this time, the gloves are off, the lights are brighter, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.On Saturday, July 26, de Ridder will step into the Octagon at UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi for his first-ever UFC main event, facing none…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights notified George Mason University on July 1 that it was opening an antisemitism investigation based on a recent complaint, the university’s president, Gregory Washington, said he was “perplexed.” Compared with other campuses, where protesters had ransacked buildings and hunkered down in encampments, George Mason had been relatively quiet over the past year, he said. His administration had taken extensive steps to improve relations with the Jewish community, had enacted strict…
A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists.Named 3I/Atlas, it may be three billion years older than our own solar system, suggests the team from Oxford university.It is only the third time we have detected an object that has come from beyond our solar system.The preliminary findings were presented on Friday at the national meeting of the UK’s Royal Astronomical Society in Durham.”We’re all very excited by 3I/Atlas,” University of Oxford astronomer Matthew Hopkins told BBC News. “I’ve just finished my PhD where I spent four years predicting the…
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Varvara Tupkalenko’s two sons played at home with miniature cars, like many boys their age.Today, plastic guns are the favoured toys in their living room in the village of Kalynove, just 15 kilometres from the Russian border in the northeastern Kharkiv region.Instead of scampering across playgrounds, Andrii, 8, and Maksym, 6, climb through abandoned trenches and charred shells of armoured vehicles that sit on the outskirts of the village.Varvara Tupkalenko, 30, walks with her sons Maksym Tupkalenko, 6, and Andrii Tupkalenko, 8, as they hold Nerf guns, their favourite toys. (Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)”They’re kids afflicted by…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow Florida to enforce a state law that makes it a crime for anyone who entered the United States illegally to enter or remain in the state. In a brief unsigned order, the justices left in place an order by a federal district judge in Miami that bars the state from implementing the law. The groups challenging the law had argued that the state had failed to “adequately explain why, especially given Florida’s extensive and ongoing collaboration with federal enforcement efforts, the State must also be allowed to enforce its own state immigration…