US Supreme Court Clears Way for Alabama to Use Pro-Republican Voting Map

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for Alabama to use a ⁠pro-Republican ⁠congressional map that eliminates one of its two districts where Black ⁠voters make up a majority or near-majority, giving a boost to President Donald Trump as his party defends its control of Congress in November’s …

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Supreme Court Allows Alabama to Use Congressional Map Favoring Republicans in This Year’s Elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that the redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against Black people. The justices granted the state’s emergency appeal to use a map it adopted three years ago that has a majority-Black …

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Russia Repels Drone Attack Over Leningrad Region as Economic Forum Kicks Off

June 3 (Reuters) – Russia has downed ⁠30 ⁠drones over the Leningrad ⁠region northwest of Moscow and continues to ​repel the attacks, Governor Alexander Drozdenko said, as a ‌major annual economic forum was ‌about to start. The Leningrad region, home to ⁠crucial energy ⁠export infrastructure and a major oil refinery, is hosting ​its fifth wartime …

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CBS News fires longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley

CBS News has fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent and former “CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley one day after he had a tense and confrontational exchange with new “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton during a staff meeting. Bilton informed Pelley of the termination in a letter Tuesday evening. “Yesterday’s performative display of hostility—enacted in …

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Scott Pelley Fired From ’60 Minutes,’ Deepening Turmoil at CBS News

CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he allegedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job. The move deepened the turmoil at the nation’s most influential TV news program and the news unit that oversees …

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US Proposes Additional Tariffs on Imports From 60 Economies Over Forced Labor

June ⁠2 (Reuters) – ⁠The U.S. ⁠Trade Representative’s ​office ‌said on ‌Tuesday ⁠it has ⁠proposed additional duties ​on ​imports from 60 ⁠economies ⁠after ⁠determining their failures ​to curb ​trade ⁠in ⁠goods made with forced labor ⁠are unreasonable and restrict U.S. commerce. (Reporting by ⁠Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing ​by Jacqueline ​Wong) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.

Tropical Storm Jangmi Batters Japan, Cuts Power to 60,000 Homes

(Corrects location of Shizuoka Prefecture to ⁠west ⁠of Tokyo, not east, ⁠in final paragraph) TOKYO, June 3 (Reuters) – Severe tropical storm Jangmi ​ripped across Japan on Wednesday morning, with fierce winds and torrential rain ‌disrupting transport and businesses, and ‌knocking out power for tens of thousands of homes. The storm’s centre ⁠lay ⁠off the …

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Justice Dept. says it has obtained superseding indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center with new details on donor funds

The Justice Department said Tuesday it obtained a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center that contained new allegations about how its donations were purportedly used to pay informants inside hate groups. The superseding indictment, which the DOJ said was returned by a grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama, alleges that $4.1 …

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