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The supreme court is expected to hand down decisions later today on several outstanding cases, before wrapping up a term that has focused on Donald Trump\u2019s expansive claims of presidential power.<\/strong><\/p>\n The justices usually announce all of their opinions before departing for a summer recess at the end of June. But the court still has 20 cases to rule on, with many expected to be major rulings, prompting speculation that justices are \u201crunning behind\u201d.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, fire the heads of most independent agencies at will and remove a sitting Federal Reserve governor are among the remaining eight cases the justices are expected to decide this week, AP reports.<\/p>\n The court also is weighing, in cases from West Virginia and Idaho, whether to uphold laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on their public school and college sports.<\/p>\n Two election-related cases remain, over state laws that allow a grace period for the receipt of mailed ballots, provided they are sent by election day, and limits on political party spending in support of candidates for Congress and president.<\/p>\n Also outstanding is a dispute over geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes. Critics say the practice is a fishing expedition that violates civil liberties.<\/p>\n In other developments:<\/p>\n Joe Biden has said Donald Trump has diminished America\u2019s standing in the world \u201cmore than any president in history\u201d.<\/strong> The former president delivered remarks highly critical of his successor, while giving the keynote address at a gala in Hanover, Maryland, hosted by the state\u2019s Democratic party, which is hoping to help wrest control of Congress away from Trump and his Republican allies during November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n A new round of escalating strikes between Iran and the US has continued, further undermining the fragile interim peace agreement between the two countries, and prompting Trump to threaten violence that would ensure Iran \u201cwill no longer exist\u201d.<\/strong> On Sunday, Tehran launched drone and missile attacks against Bahrain and Kuwait after new US strikes on sites in southern Iran, and threatened a \u201ccomplete halt\u201d to negotiations to end the war.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Migrants in the US on temporary protected status should seek permanent residence or leave, Markwayne Mullin, the Homeland Security secretary, said<\/strong> in the wake of last week\u2019s supreme court decision that stripped humanitarian protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n An opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk\u2019s \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d (Doge) has quietly rebuilt some of the federal government\u2019s most sensitive websites<\/strong> \u2013 for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children\u2019s savings \u2013 in ways critics say appear to violate federal law.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.37 EDT<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n David Smith<\/span><\/p>\n Outside the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>, a giant tarpaulin remained in place to conceal Donald Trump\u2019s humiliation.<\/strong><\/p>\n Guests entering the national arts complex on Sunday night could not see the section of its marble facade where Trump\u2019s name was recently erased to comply with a court order.<\/p>\n But once they sat down for the Mark Twain prize for American humor<\/a> ceremony, there was no hiding place as performers delivered punchlines at the expense of a US president whose power appears to be waning, at least in this corner of Washington DC.<\/p>\n Paying tribute to this year\u2019s recipient, the comedian Bill Maher, the actor Woody Harrelson said: \u201cFinally, an award for my dear friend \u2013 ironically at the Trump Kennedy Center. No, all right, we fixed that.\u201d<\/p>\n The audience erupted in applause. Then, apparently acknowledging the tarp-coated scaffolding, Harrelson added: \u201cNot as though you\u2019d be able to notice.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump seized control of the Kennedy Center last year, installing himself as its chair. His handpicked board voted to rename it the Trump Kennedy Center and affix his name to the wall. But last month, a judge ruled that the addition of Trump\u2019s name to the building was illegal and ordered that the 18 letters be removed.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog.<\/p>\n The supreme court is expected to hand down decisions later today on several outstanding cases, before wrapping up a term that has focused on Donald Trump\u2019s expansive claims of presidential power.<\/strong><\/p>\n The justices usually announce all of their opinions before departing for a summer recess at the end of June. But the court still has 20 cases to rule on, with many expected to be major rulings, prompting speculation that justices are \u201crunning behind\u201d.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, fire the heads of most independent agencies at will and remove a sitting Federal Reserve governor are among the remaining eight cases the justices are expected to decide this week, AP reports.<\/p>\n The court also is weighing, in cases from West Virginia and Idaho, whether to uphold laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on their public school and college sports.<\/p>\n Two election-related cases remain, over state laws that allow a grace period for the receipt of mailed ballots, provided they are sent by election day, and limits on political party spending in support of candidates for Congress and president.<\/p>\n Also outstanding is a dispute over geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes. Critics say the practice is a fishing expedition that violates civil liberties.<\/p>\n In other developments:<\/p>\n Joe Biden has said Donald Trump has diminished America\u2019s standing in the world \u201cmore than any president in history\u201d.<\/strong> The former president delivered remarks highly critical of his successor, while giving the keynote address at a gala in Hanover, Maryland, hosted by the state\u2019s Democratic party, which is hoping to help wrest control of Congress away from Trump and his Republican allies during November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n A new round of escalating strikes between Iran and the US has continued, further undermining the fragile interim peace agreement between the two countries, and prompting Trump to threaten violence that would ensure Iran \u201cwill no longer exist\u201d.<\/strong> On Sunday, Tehran launched drone and missile attacks against Bahrain and Kuwait after new US strikes on sites in southern Iran, and threatened a \u201ccomplete halt\u201d to negotiations to end the war.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Migrants in the US on temporary protected status should seek permanent residence or leave, Markwayne Mullin, the Homeland Security secretary, said<\/strong> in the wake of last week\u2019s supreme court decision that stripped humanitarian protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n An opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk\u2019s \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d (Doge) has quietly rebuilt some of the federal government\u2019s most sensitive websites<\/strong> \u2013 for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children\u2019s savings \u2013 in ways critics say appear to violate federal law.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Share<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.37 EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Supreme court nears the end of its term with cases about Trump’s power to be decided Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. 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Trump renaming fiasco fuels jokes as Maher takes Kennedy Center\u2019s Mark Twain prize<\/h2>\n
Supreme court nears the end of its term with cases about Trump’s power to be decided<\/h2>\n
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