‘A day of loss for our democracy’: civil rights groups slam supreme court ruling that weakens key part of Voting Rights Act – live
by Lucy Campbell (now); Lauren Gambino and Tom Ambros from World news | The Guardian on (#759E2)
NAACP, ACLU and Democratic politicians decry 6-3 supreme court decision as a profound betrayal of the civil rights movement'
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday after a key policy meeting, likely the last chaired by central bank chief Jerome Powell, a frequent target of president Donald Trump's ire.
Policymakers will weigh the risks of surging energy prices and snarled supply chains due to the US-Israel war on Iran, with analysts widely expecting a third pause in a row as the effects of the conflict ripple through the world's largest economy.
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