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Top Democrat signals party will not back paying for unpopular conflict never authorized by CongressThe White House has requested Congress approve $87.6bn in new funding, much of which would go towards the costs of Donald Trump’s war with Iran, but a top Democrat has signaled the party will not support paying for an unpopular conflict that lawmakers never authorized.The Trump administration’s supplemental funding request released on Wednesday comes amid a logjam in US Congress sparked by the president’s demand that the Senate pass a measure to impose sweeping new restrictions on voting nationwide. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/25/white-house-iran-war-funding-request Author

Justices rule on TPS; officials’ ability to turn migrants away at the US southern border, a major gun rights case in Hawaii and lawsuits against a weedkillerSupreme court lets Trump turn back asylum seekers at US-Mexico borderSupreme court strikes down Hawaii’s gun restrictionsCourt rules in favor of former Monsanto company in pesticide caseSign up for the Breaking News US emailHere’s my colleague Maanvi Singh’s report on the supreme court’s decision to give the Trump administration a green light to turn back asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border, in a ruling that fundamentally reshapes the US asylum system and concludes a

The highest UK temperatures are expected across the east and southeastern England while heatwave-related deaths climbed across EuropeFarryn StockOver in the UK, South East Water has announced a temporary hosepipe ban in Kent amid growing strain from the ongoing heatwave (31C today, 33C tomorrow).“To safeguard that shared supply and prevent any homes from facing a sudden loss of water, we sadly need to ask our communities to not use their hosepipes immediately. We are deeply sorry for the disruption this causes, and we are incredibly grateful to everyone helping us protect Kent’s water.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/25/europe-heatwave-uk-italy-france-record-temperature-latest-news-updates Author

Reeves refused to say whether she would accept a more junior job in cabinet if Burnham offered her oneZack Polanski, the Green party leader, is speaking at the BCC conference this afternoon. According to extracts from his speech released in advance, he is going to reiterate the party’s call for the government to “heatproof” Britain. He will say:The impacts of the climate and nature crisis are well and truly with us, and no-one knows that better than those trying to keep a business afloat among the chaos and disruption caused by extreme weather. This year, agricultural yields are already down