The Latest: Trump's envoys are in Qatar for Iran war mediation

It’s been 123 days since the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, and the satellite again awaits different circular of immoderate benignant of talks arsenic President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagree implicit what and adjacent however they'll communicate. Trump’s peculiar Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner program meetings with Qatari mediators.

A caller AP-NORC canvass shows Republicans and older, achromatic adults are particularly apt to accidental they alert the American flag, portion younger Democrats and Black adults are much apt to accidental they don’t alert it, reflecting profoundly divided views connected what patriotism means.

And connected this last time of a Supreme Court word centering connected Trump’s expansive claims of statesmanlike power, the justices person upheld the constitutionality of birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump's effort to contradict the close to the children of noncitizen parents. Follow unrecorded updates connected the rulings.

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Court volition see striking down battle weapons bans successful Connecticut and the Chicago area

A Supreme Court that has expanded weapon rights volition see whether bans connected semiautomatic rifles, often called battle weapons, interruption the Second Amendment.

The justices said Tuesday they volition instrumentality up appeals asking the tribunal to onslaught down bans connected the AR-15 and akin semiautomatic firearms successful the Chicago country and Connecticut.

Similar laws are successful spot successful astir a twelve states, covering large cities similar New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Congress allowed a nationalist battle weapons prohibition to expire successful 2004, but Democrats person supported renewing it successful effect to a bid of wide shootings and states person continued to walk their ain laws.

The lawsuit is expected to beryllium heard successful the fall.

Republican Tom Kean Jr. said helium was treated for slump during lack from Congress

New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. revealed Tuesday that helium spent months distant from Congress being treated for depression.

“It is physical, it is emotional, and until you acquisition it yourself, it is hard to afloat recognize however almighty this unwellness tin be,” helium said connected the House floor.

Kean, whose battleground territory includes Trump’s Bedminster play club, missed much than 100 votes successful Congress this year. His reappearance comes aft helium won an uncontested superior connected June 2.

“Today I basal earlier you healthier, stronger and excited to instrumentality to the enactment that I love,” Kean said.

Kean’s bureau has said he’s inactive moving for reelection against Democratic nominee Rebecca Bennett, a erstwhile Navy chopper pilot. Democrats person targeted the territory arsenic a premier pick-up opportunity.

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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s projected limits

The Court ’s ruling released Tuesday upholds a wide conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s enforcement bid declaring that children calved to radical who are successful the United States illegally oregon temporarily are not American citizens.

The justices relied connected a long-settled knowing of the 14th Amendment, adopted aft the Civil War, and much caller national laws successful ruling that anyone calved successful the country, with precise constricted exceptions, is simply a citizen.

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US occupation monthly openings clasp astatine a astonishing 7.6 cardinal contempt Iran warfare shock

May’s occupation openings were amazingly beardown successful the information released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing American labour marketplace resilience to the war’s economical shock. Forecasters had expected employers to station conscionable 7 cardinal openings successful May.

Rebounding from a miserable 2025, U.S. employers person added astir 114,000 nett jobs a period connected mean this year, up from conscionable 9,700 successful 2025, the weakest extracurricular a recession since 2002.

Because of babe boomer retirements and Trump’s migration crackdown, less radical are competing for work, and the United States doesn’t request arsenic galore jobs arsenic it utilized to support the unemployment complaint stable. Economists accidental the alleged “break-even’’ complaint of hiring could beryllium arsenic debased arsenic zero jobs a month, down from possibly 150,000 a twelvemonth oregon truthful ago.

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Supreme Court backs authorities laws banning transgender girls from sports

The Court ’s blimpish bulk added to its repeated rulings against transgender Americans by deciding that bans successful Idaho and West Virginia don’t interruption the Constitution oregon the national instrumentality known arsenic Title IX, which prohibits enactment favoritism successful education.

The ruling seems definite to widen to the dozens of different Republican-led states that person banned pistillate transgender athletes. Left unresolved are lawsuits challenging authorities laws and regulations successful Connecticut, California and elsewhere that licence transgender athletes to vie accordant with their sex identity.

About 2.1 cardinal adults, oregon 0.8%, and 724,000 radical ages 13 to 17, oregon 3.3%, place arsenic transgender successful the U.S., according to the Williams Institute astatine the UCLA School of Law.

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US envoys get successful Qatar for meetings connected Iran, with tensions precocious implicit Hormuz

Trump’s peculiar Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner program meetings with mediators astir the implementation of an archetypal woody to extremity the warfare successful Iran, pursuing much crossfire successful the Persian Gulf.

They won’t straight negociate with Iranian diplomats, alternatively utilizing mediators arsenic go-betweens, said Majed al-Ansari, a spokesperson for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry.

Iran was besides sending a delegation to Qatar, but has nary plans to conscionable with the American broadside astatine immoderate level, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said. His connection near unfastened the anticipation of messages being passed done the Qataris.

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Who flies the American emblem for holidays — and who ne'er flies one, according to an AP-NORC poll

American views of “Old Glory” are divided by politics, property and race, according to a caller survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research up of the nation’s 250th day celebration.

Whether radical spot it arsenic a unifying oregon divisive awesome tracks with different heavy divisions among Americans, who spot their country’s past and accomplishments precise differently. About 7 successful 10 Republicans and astir 6 successful 10 Americans ages 60 and older alert the emblem astatine slightest during holidays. About 6 successful 10 Democrats and independents, connected the different hand, accidental they “never” alert the U.S. flag. That includes the immense majority, 75%, of Democrats nether 45.

Only astir 3 successful 10 Black adults accidental they ever show the American flag, compared with astir fractional of achromatic and Hispanic adults.

The survey of 2,596 adults was conducted April 16-20.

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What the Supreme Court’s Cook ruling means for Federal Reserve independence

The Supreme Court connected Monday said the Federal Reserve, dissimilar immoderate different bureau successful Washington, has a measurement of independency from the presidency and day-to-day politics. But the tribunal didn’t specify to what extent.

The lawsuit is the latest circular successful an unprecedented combat betwixt the Fed and Trump. More governmental interference astatine the Fed could upend fiscal markets astir the world, which intimately travel its involvement complaint moves.

Trump has repeatedly demanded that the cardinal slope chopped its cardinal involvement complaint to little borrowing costs for homeowners, businesses, and adjacent the authorities itself. Trump sought to occurrence a Fed governor, Lisa Cook, past August aft accusing her of owe fraud — a complaint she denies.

In a 5-4 decision, the tribunal ruled that the president cannot occurrence the 7 members of the Fed’s committee of governors without a wide cause. The determination endorses the Fed’s autarkic operation adjacent arsenic the tribunal eliminated specified protections for leaders of different agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, whom the president tin occurrence at-will.

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Trump nominates acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling arsenic imperishable chief

Trump said Monday helium volition nominate Keith Sonderling to beryllium the caput of labor, elevating him from the agency’s acting manager 2 months aft Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid abuse-of-power allegations.

Sonderling, a lawyer who has held a assortment of acting positions and enactment roles crossed Trump’s government, was antecedently the lawman labour caput and a Republican subordinate of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

“Throughout his career, Keith has proven his dedication to delivering beardown results for the Hardworking People of our Country, and I cognize helium volition bash an unthinkable occupation successful his caller role,” Trump wrote successful a Truth Social station announcing Sonderling’s nomination.

Sonderling’s information is taxable to Senate confirmation.

During Trump’s 2nd term, successful summation to his Labor Department post, Sonderling has been the acting manager of U.S. Office of Government Ethics and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 1 of respective agencies Trump targeted for closure successful an enforcement bid past year.

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The Supreme Court it contented momentous rulings connected Trump’s power

The Supreme Court is wrapping up a word that has focused connected Trump’s expansive claims of statesmanlike power.

Trump’s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, occurrence the heads of astir autarkic agencies astatine volition and region a sitting Federal Reserve politician are among the remaining 8 cases the justices are expected to determine this week, opening Monday.

The tribunal besides is weighing, successful cases from West Virginia and Idaho, whether to uphold laws successful astir fractional the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing connected their nationalist schoolhouse and assemblage sports.

Two election-related cases remain, implicit authorities laws that let a grace play for the receipt of mailed ballots, provided they are sent by Election Day, and limits connected governmental enactment spending successful enactment of candidates for Congress and president.

Also outstanding is simply a quality implicit geofence warrants that cod the determination past of cellphone users to find radical adjacent transgression scenes. Critics accidental the signifier is simply a sportfishing expedition that violates civilian liberties.

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