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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue construction of a sprawling ballroom adjacent to the White House.

Administration ‌asks justices to keep appeals court ​decision to halt work on hold ​while it ​prepares ‌a full ​appeal US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has asked ⁠the ⁠US supreme court to allow construction of his controversial $400m ⁠White House ballroom to proceed after ​an ‌appeals ‌court ordered work to halt. In … Read more

Earlier this week prosecutors and Luigi Mangione’s lawyers filed a joint letter requesting the hearing at 11am on Friday in Manhattan federal court Good morning from Manhattan federal court! Luigi Mangione is expected to appear at 11am ET after a hastily scheduled conference that has spurred intense speculation that he might plead guilty related to … Read more

Ben Crump and Rev Al Sharpton, also present at National Association of Black Journalists, demanded ‘truth’ and ‘transparency’ in Wells’ case On Thursday morning, the parents of Nolan Wells, Christine Wells-Wonsley and Elmore Wonsley, along with Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney, and Rev Al Sharpton, the famed civil rights activist, spoke at the National … Read more

Undercover agents infiltrated meetings, private chats and local events. Plus Wile E Coyote returns to the big screen Good morning. The extent to which federal law enforcement targeted political opponents and peaceful organizers has been laid bare in newly disclosed court documents. Internal investigative files reveal that the Department of Homeland Security launched a sweeping … Read more

When Air Force One took off from Turkey after July’s Nato summit, almost everyone believed Donald Trump was on board … but he wasn’t. Jonathan Freedland talks to Tara Setmayer of the Seneca Project about why the White House felt the need to come up with such an elaborate lie to protect the president Continue … Read more

There are mounting concerns from lawmakers and military families over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln which is on a record deployment in the Middle East. While the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are downplaying concerns, another aircraft carrier is now on its way to the region to replace the Lincoln. NBC’s Garrett Haake … Read more

President visiting police academy in Long Island as he looks to boost Republicans in battleground races ahead of November midterms Sign up for the Breaking News US email This week’s Politics Weekly America looks at Trump’s plane ruse. The President departed on a secret military flight from Turkey to Britain last month, prompted by an … Read more

With the Hall of Fame game done, and the second round of preseason games underway, let’s look at the storylines that could dominate the coming weeks Winning the Super Bowl back in February puts the Seattle Seahawks in line to become the 10th team, and the ninth franchise, to repeat as champions (the Pittsburgh Steelers … Read more

Preliminary findings show fan blade broke off shortly after takeoff on 10 July flight from Greece to Germany Broken engine parts were responsible for shattering a window on a Ryanair plane, causing a passenger to be partly sucked out mid-flight in July, US investigators have said. A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board … Read more