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Nation’s highest court strikes down executive order that would have restricted right established in US Constitution.

Nation’s highest court strikes down executive order that would have restricted right established in US Constitution.



![Women hold placards as they celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's final rulings of its nine-month term, including a decision that cleared the way for states to impose restrictions on transgender student athletes, upholding laws in West Virginia and Idaho banning them from female sports teams, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 30, 2026. [Cheney Orr/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-06-30T142844Z_992071188_RC2E4MAI1BT0_RTRMADP_3_USA-COURT-1-1782833501.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




Daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori says the country is closer to ‘order and hope’ after prolonged vote count.
The western state is the latest to see fierce contests between the Democratic Party’s progressive and centrist wings.

A number of senior politicians have been detained in a wave of arrests.
Justices rule in favour of expanded executive power, preserving Lisa Cook’s Fed position amid Trump’s dismissal attempt.
The frontrunner to succeed Keir Starmer was criticised for not taking questions after setting out his policy vision
The US-Iran MoU acts as a state-to-state framework managing mutual pain, not a definitive end to regional conflict.
Frontrunner to be next PM expected to announce a 10-year mission to raise living standards.
The White House denied a split between the two officials who have historically held diverging foreign policy positions.

Political scientist Robert Pape argues the fallout of Iran war curbs US hubris and challenges Trump’s self-image.

Iran’s foreign minister has urged ‘all parties not to interfere’ in the management of the Strait of Hormuz.