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Coronavirus latest: UK government to review lockdown in mid-February
Alice Woodhouse in Hong KongBoris Johnson on Monday evening ordered the immediate closure of all primary and secondary schools until mid-February and told people...
China’s central bank faces tricky balance to support liquidity
The People’s Bank of China has taken steps to ease financial conditions after interbank rates doubled in the second half of the year, reflecting...
Tesla beats expectations with record vehicle deliveries
The stock market bulls who drove Tesla’s shares up eightfold in 2020 were handed a new year present on Saturday, as the electric carmaker...
Senate overrides Trump veto of $740bn defence bill
Republicans in the Senate have broken overwhelmingly from Donald Trump, rebuffing the outgoing US president’s attempt to veto this year’s $740bn defence spending bill...
Pence breaks with Trump allies over election challenge
Mike Pence has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought against him by Republican lawmakers who want the US vice-president to...
Trump administration admits missing Covid vaccination goals
The US will end the year having vaccinated far fewer people against coronavirus than hoped, senior Trump administration officials admitted, with states having used...
Trump turns up heat on Senate to approve bigger stimulus
Donald Trump challenged Senate Republicans to approve an increase to US stimulus cheques to $2,000 a person, throwing the upper chamber of Congress into...
House approves larger stimulus cheques for most Americans
The US House of Representatives has approved an increase in stimulus payments to a majority of Americans, raising pressure on the Republican-controlled Senate to...
Trump averts government shutdown by signing Covid relief bill
Donald Trump signed a bill to release $900bn in coronavirus stimulus spending on Sunday night after previously blocking a deal he had described as...
EU member states begin process to approve Brexit trade deal
Details of the historic free trade agreement between the UK and EU have been published in full, as EU ambassadors began the process of...
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Court appears divided on whether lower courts properly found death row inmate to be intellectually disabled
The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the case of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for more...
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Relist rodeo: firearm restrictions, searches incident to arrest, DNA evidence, and “clearly established” law
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is...
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Supreme Court sends dispute on HIV disability claim back to the lower court and rejects case on defining “reasonable doubt”
The Supreme Court on Monday sent the case of a Louisiana man who was prevented from using a physical therapy clinic’s pool because...
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Supreme Court difficult to read in case on campaign finance limitations
The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a challenge to a federal law limiting the amount of money that political parties can spend in...
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Originalism’s campaign finance conundrum – SCOTUSblog
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