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The American flag can have many meanings, whether hung on front porches or waved in parades and protests. To some, it’s also tied up with President Trump.

Court expected to hand down decisions on several outstanding cases, wrapping up term that has focussed on Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power Outside the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a giant tarpaulin remained in place to conceal Donald Trump’s humiliation. Guests entering the national arts complex on Sunday night could not … Read more

His refusal to sign a bipartisan affordable-housing bill demonstrates his obliviousness to the economic concerns of voters.

Punchlines on president’s thwarted bid to have building named after him come thick and fast at Washington DC gala Outside the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a giant tarpaulin remained in place to conceal Donald Trump’s humiliation. Guests entering the national arts complex on Sunday night could not see the section of … Read more

Neo and a dozen other robots with human forms are scheduled to hit the market. Experts are nervous.

After the country’s most deadly act of gun violence in nearly thirty years, some politicians asked whether the real problem wasn’t gun control but antisemitism. Were they right?

A new Mississippi law set to take effect this week will allow the state’s top law enforcement agency to compile a list of all illegal immigrants living in the state, alarming immigrant advocates who fear it could be a new tool to target immigrants as part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan. The law, … Read more

UK telecoms group’s 50/50 venture ends more than 18-month search for a buyer of its international operations Business live – latest updates BT and the US mobile company Verizon are to combine their international businesses, ending the British telecom group’s more than 18-month search for a buyer. Verizon will pay a $625m (£473m) “equalisation” fee … Read more

The seven-time Wimbledon singles champion who ‘evolved away’ from tennis shares why she’s back For two long weeks, since her return to the courts of a professional tennis tournament at the Queen’s Club, a clock was ticking in Serena Williams’s mind. She had already committed to making her comeback in doubles at 44 after four … Read more

Value of some chip manufacturers have tripled, or more, driving Asia Pacific stock markets sharply higher Shares in chipmakers have surged in the first half of this year as investors piled into companies that make the hardware underpinning the AI boom, according to analysis. Investors have driven up the value of semiconductor and memory chip … Read more