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Paul KirbyEurope digital editorGAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFPPutin flew to Alaska in his specially modified Il-96 plane in AugustThe summit has not been set in stone, but if Russia’s Vladimir Putin does go to Budapest to meet US President Trump in the next two weeks, he would need to clear a few hurdles first.When Putin travelled to Alaska for his Anchorage summit in August, the US granted special permission for the presidential plane – a modified Ilyushin Il-96 airliner dubbed the “Flying Kremlin” that has four engines and is bristling with defence systems.Russian planes are banned from US air space, and from EU…

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. The recent federal indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York State Attorney General Letitia James have raised concerns, among other things, of improper selective or vindictive prosecution. These aren’t just abstract legal concepts: These doctrines are rooted in the Constitution, and there are commonsense as well as prudential reasons to support them. The Comey and James indictments. The remarkable background…

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story is exempt from ProPublica’s Creative Commons license until Dec. 19, 2025. On the afternoon of Feb. 12, Russell Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, summoned a small group of career staffers to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for a meeting about foreign aid. A storm had dumped nearly 6 inches of snow on Washington, D.C. The rest of the federal government was running on a two-hour delay, but Vought had…

ReutersThe government has given an extended time of public body viewing on Friday Thousands of mourners are attending the state funeral of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at a national stadium in the Kenyan capital.Many are carrying national flags, portraits of the late leader, and wearing T-shirts printed with his image to pay their final respects.Security remains tight in and around the stadium, with police and military officers deployed to prevent a recurrence of the unrest witnessed on Thursday during the body-viewing ceremony.At least three people died after police fired gunshots and tear gas in an attempt to contain the…

Clear Statements is a recurring series by Abbe R. Gluck on civil litigation and the modern regulatory and statutory state. As most SCOTUSblog readers know, just over a year ago, the court decided Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, overruling what had been among the most cited cases in the U.S. Reports: Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. Loper Bright marked the end of a 40-year regime under which, if a statute regulating an agency contained ambiguous terms, courts generally would defer to the agency’s expertise in resolving those ambiguities – even if that meant that statutory meaning could change from one…

The UAE has just launched a new way to handle work permits and it’s all powered by artificial intelligenceThe UAE is taking another big step towards a fully digital future. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has revealed a new smart system called Eye, designed to transform how work permits are processed. Using artificial intelligence (AI), the system will review applications automatically, helping to speed up approvals and reduce errors – a major upgrade for anyone looking to work in the Emirates.A faster and smarter processAnnounced during GITEX Global 2025, the Eye system uses advanced AI to handle…

Gustavo Ocando AlexReporting from Maracaibo, Venezuela for BBC News MundoGustavo Ocando AlexWilder Fernández is a young fisherman in the west of Venezuela who is concerned by the US military presence in the CaribbeanWilder Fernández has caught four good-sized fish in the murky waters of a small bay north of Lake Maracaibo.The contents of his net will serve as dinner for his small team before they set out to go fishing again in the evening.But this daily task is a job he has recently become scared of doing.After 13 years as a fisherman, Mr Fernández confesses that he now fears his…

On Tuesday, the justices heard argument in Bowe v. United States, involving a complex (and confusing) area of law: habeas, which allows people confined by the government to challenge the grounds for their detention. Michael Bowe, a federal criminal defendant, seeks to challenge his firearm conviction through a successive habeas petition that relies on 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Section 2255(h) says that a “second or successive motion must be certified as provided in section 2244 by a panel of the appropriate court of appeals.” In keeping with Section 2255(h), Bowe began in the court of appeals with a request to file…

Get ready to escape reality (literally) when this new escape room opens in Dubai next monthLove an escape room? Game Over is set to open its third and largest UAE venue at Dubai Festival City Mall on November 1, 2025. Game Over is one of the world’s leading escape room entertainment brands, so you know the puzzles will push your brain and your teamwork to the limit.You may have had a go at Game Over before. They currently have branches at Palm Jumeirah Mall in Dubai and The Galleria Mall in Abu Dhabi. And their newest branch is their biggest…