The supreme court has rejected Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting in the midterm elections already under way.
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court → reject → way
The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they have used for years.
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they → allow → years
Civil rights groups lauded the decision.
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groups → laud → decision
“The supreme court has done the right thing,” said Robert Garcia, a Democratic representative from Long Beach, California, adding: “Donald Trump tried to illegally interfere with our elections and undermine vote-by-mail for millions of Americans and failed.
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Trump → do → Americans
We will keep fighting to protect the right to vote of every single citizen in this country.”
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We → keep → country
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What has a DHS whistleblower said about “voter fraud” investigations?
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whistleblower → say → investigations
An anonymous whistleblower said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lawyers told officers investigating “voter fraud” they would not be held responsible for violating state laws around accessing voter registration information.
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they → say → information
The whistleblower also expressed concern about the reliability of the data DHS was giving officers to review, as well as the lack of transparency into where the data came from.
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data → express → where
Microsoft proposes limits on its AI with code of conduct amid safety debate
Microsoft has published a provisional “code of conduct” to apply to the training of new artificial intelligence models, taking a step towards limiting the capabilities of the company’s AI as anxiety rises over the prospect that technology companies could lose control of AI products.
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companies → propose → products
Under the code of conduct, Microsoft’s AI models must not consider requests related to weapons development, produce violent or sexually explicit content or help with the procurement of dangerous substances.
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models → consider → substances
AI models also should not be built to imitate consciousness and shouldn’t be entitled to rights.
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models → build → rights
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Why is Trump facing a bipartisan AI backlash?
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Trump → face → backlash
Democrats and some Republicans have been pushing in US Congress for guardrails on the world’s most powerful AI companies.
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Democrats → push → companies
Trump dismissed the anxieties, describing them as a “HOAX” and “conspiracy”, but looked increasingly isolated as members of both major parties acknowledged the risks and expressed a desire to act before it was too late.
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it → dismiss → desire
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Why is Texas governor Greg Abbott pushing back against datacenters?
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Abbott → push → datacenters
Drought-prone Texas has fast become the heart of the US’s datacenter boom, and the Republican governor has directed state regulators to penalize datacenters that fail to comply with state laws requiring them to disclose their water use.
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that → become → use
China has dismissed what it said were “fearmongering” calls to block Beijing’s AI industry, however the top Chinese spy chief warned the evolving technology could threaten Communist party rule.
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technology → dismiss → rule
The president of the European Central Bank, meanwhile, has warned Europe must develop its own AI technology and build more datacenters in order to nullify the threat of being cut off by the US or China.
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Europe → warn → US
Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for part of Donald Trump Jr’s lavish wedding
Donald Trump Jr and his wife, Bettina, confirmed that a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin partially paid for the couple’s wedding celebrations in May, following a ProPublica report revealing Umar Kremlev spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the events.
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Kremlev → pay → events
Citing records and interviews with three anonymous sources familiar with the event, ProPublica reported that Kremlev, a member of the Russian president’s circle, footed the bill to rent one of the islands where a reception was held and where guests slept, along with other large expenses, including a huge firework show.
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Who is Umar Kremlev?
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Kremlev → cite → show
Transitioning from a convicted criminal into a powerful boxing promoter, his unwavering loyalty to Vladimir Putin enabled him to amass immense wealth through control of state-backed gambling companies and the acquisition of Russia’s largest car dealership network following its seizure from a regime critic.
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loyalty → transition → critic
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ held detainees in cages the size of phone booths
Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration jail were frequently locked in outside metal cages no bigger than a phone booth, according to a damning government watchdog report that said the practice “does not align with standards for humane treatment”.
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practice → hold → treatment
The findings from the office of the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security were published on its website and offer rare criticism of the Trump administration by one of its own agencies.
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findings → publish → agencies
In other news …
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Macklemore has been dropped from the remainder of the US leg of Ed Sheeran’s tour, after the rapper drew headlines for saying “free Palestine” on stage.
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rapper → drop → stage
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Nato fighter jets shot down a drone over Lithuania after an alert was issued in the capital, Vilnius.
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alert → shoot → capital
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California governor Gavin Newsom will not run for president if Kamala Harris does, he has said in an interview.
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The Trump administration has changed the way it counts measles deaths amid a Pennsylvania outbreak, which a former CDC chief medical officer described as “puzzling”.
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officer → run → puzzling
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Firefighters have made progress against northern California’s Lucas fire, with 30% contained in what was described as a “big turning point”.
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what → make → point
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Mitch McConnell has returned to the Senate after his months-long absence.
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McConnell → return → absence
Stat of the day: Democracy indicators in US at lowest levels for 50 years, data shows
The Trump administration has been “undermining the rule of law domestically and internationally”, while key indicators of democracy in the US have fallen to their lowest levels in 50 years, according to data from a leading thinktank.
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Culture Pick: Emmys 2026 – Widow’s Bay dominates as Matthew Rhys and Jean Smart land historic wins
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Rhys → dominate → wins
We have comprehensive coverage of last night’s Emmy awards, in which Matthew Rhys became the first actor to win multiple lead actor awards for performances in different shows in the same year.
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Rhys → have → year
We have a write-up of the evening, the full list of who won, the biggest shocks, and perhaps most importantly, a gallery of the best of the red carpet looks.
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who → have → looks
Don’t miss this: The pirates arrived with AK-47s.
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pirates → miss → AK-47s
They took us hostage – then the torture began
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torture → take → us
Chirag Bahri tells his incredible story of being held captive on the Marida Marguerite oil tanker for almost eight months.
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Bahri → tell → months
… or this: ‘I believed the hype’ – the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US
Rachel Savage reports from Johannesburg where the Trump administration drive to “save” thousands of Afrikaners from false claims of “white genocide” appears to show signs of slowing.
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drive → believe → slowing
Climate check: US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
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emitters → identify → analysis
A new UCLA study using satellite data and public records has ranked oil and gas facilities across the US for their output of methane – a potent greenhouse gas – shedding light on previously unmonitored sources to try to improve regulatory oversight.
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study → use → oversight
They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus?
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what → ’re → chorus
As human development and roads increasingly fragment gibbon habitats, a study suggests traffic noise could be altering the animals’ notoriously loud wake-up call.
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