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Construction continues on a new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House and the East Wing ballroom on August 10, 2026, in Washington, DC.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court said Monday that President Donald Trump can continue construction of his controversial White House ballroom as legal challenges to the project play out.In the unsigned order, a majority of the nine-member court said that the plaintiff challenging the ballroom, the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, is likely to be shown to lack legal standing to sue to block the ballroom project.Chief Justice John Roberts…

The SRC said the policy also risked forcing small shops which are not covered by the proposed legislation to be uncompetitive.”Scottish consumers benefit from the most affordable food prices in western Europe,” MacDonald-Russell added.”We know food price inflation is a problem, but the best model to deal with it is the one we have right now and price caps are going to make that worse.”It is giving a false promise that it is going to be able to help with something. “In reality, there is as good a chance it is going to make the overall cost of a shopping…

US President Donald Trump during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump will meet Tuesday with U.S. refiners and fuel distributors as his administration looks for ways to expand domestic refining capacity and bring down gasoline prices, according to a White House official.The meeting will include Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, National Energy Dominance Council Executive Director Jarrod Agen and representatives from small, medium and large refiners and distributors, the official said, speaking on…

Speaking exclusively to BBC Breakfast on Sunday, Burnham said he had applied “common sense” on IPPs.”I was faced with a situation where people on those sentences who have more than served their time, not being released when others who’ve committed very serious crimes being released early,” he said.He said the government would table legislation to terminate IPPs by the end of this Parliament.He conceded that of those offenders, there would be those who would “pose a risk to communities”, and a cross-party oversight group would be established.And there are others who have a more favourable outlook about releasing some prisoners…

George Santos, who was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for the sentencing in his criminal corruption charges at Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, U.S., April 25, 2025.Shannon Stapleton | ReutersThe prediction market platform Kalshi announced on Monday it has permanently banned former Republican Rep. George Santos and fined him $71,356 for allegedly using the app the trade on his own attendance at this year’s State of the Union address.In the weeks leading up the President Donald Trump’s speech in February, Santos, who represented New York’s 3rd congressional district from January 2023 until his…

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Andrew Griffith has replaced Sir Mel Stride as shadow chancellor as part of Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s reshuffle of her top team.Claire Coutinho, previously the shadow energy secretary, after her maternity leave will replace Griffith as shadow business secretary and act as his deputy in the ongoing shake-up.Badenoch is forming a new shadow cabinet before the party’s conference in October.Dame Priti Patel has also been replaced as shadow foreign secretary by Tom Tugendhat.Badenoch paid tribute to Sir Mel’s work as shadow chancellor saying he helped the party rebuild economic credibility and become an effective opposition. A senior Conservative source said:…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has blamed Russia and Israel for stoking discord about a migrant crisis in one of its north African exclaves as he comes under domestic pressure over an influx of tens of thousands of people that remains unresolved.In his most expansive comments on the crisis to date, Sánchez called the unprecedented episode that began in Ceuta in late July a “hybrid attack” and blamed Israeli and Russian social media actors for spreading “misinformation”.“It’s clear that if Russia gets…

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A Coupang banner hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange on the day of the company’s initial public offering, March 11, 2021.NYSEThe South Korean government’s dismissal of the findings of a congressional report alleging it’s waged a targeted campaign against U.S.-based Coupang — commonly known as the Amazon of South Korea — is straining the relationship between the two global allies, officials in Congress and people close to the company told CNBC.CNBC spoke with nearly a dozen people familiar with the Coupang-related tensions, some of whom asked not to be named in order to discuss sensitive matters. The company’s representatives…