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Supreme Court sidesteps several new gun cases, including challenge to assault weapons ban in Illinois

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Jul 02, 2024 10:16 am - The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden.
North Korea brags of new missile with 'super-large warhead.' Outsiders doubt the North's claim

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Jul 02, 2024 7:21 am - SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Tuesday it had test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying “a super-large warhead,” a claim quickly disputed by ...
Hungary’s leader is in Ukraine. It's the first visit by Russia’s top EU ally since the war began

By JUSTIN SPIKE
Jul 02, 2024 7:07 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was in Kyiv on Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, his first visit to the neighborin...
A ‘disastrous decision’ or the right one? Chicago-area lawmakers and candidates are divided

By Russell Lissau
Jul 01, 2024 5:38 pm - Democratic lawmakers and Republican congressional candidates had very different takes on Monday’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on presidential power.
Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election

By MARK SHERMAN
Jul 01, 2024 9:39 am - The Supreme Court on Monday extended the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election.
European Union accuses Facebook owner Meta of breaking digital rules with paid ad-free option

By KELVIN CHAN
Jul 01, 2024 7:52 am - LONDON — European Union regulators accused social media company Meta Platforms on Monday of breaching the bloc's new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and ...
Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base. He alleges abuse in custody

By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, SAMY MAGDY and JULIA FRANKEL
Jul 01, 2024 7:48 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel released the director of Gaza's main hospital on Monday after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the f...
Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Jul 01, 2024 7:43 am - WASHINGTON — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin a four-month sentence on contempt charges for ...
Biden needs support from millions of Americans who don’t think he can do the job

Michael Scherer
Jul 01, 2024 7:38 am - President Biden’s team continues to believe that tens of millions Americans — perhaps as many as one in every five voters — will cast a ballot for him this year despite t...
French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections

By JOHN LEICESTER, LORI HINNANT AND SYLVIE CORBET
Jun 30, 2024 5:29 pm - PARIS — The far-right National Rally leaped into a strong lead Sunday in France's first round of legislative elections, polling agencies projected, bringing the party clo...

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