By Mayela Armas and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) -Maria Corina Machado, one of the favorites to win the Venezuelan opposition’s nomination for president in an October primary, has been barred from holding public office for 15 years, the country’s controller general said in a letter. Machado, a 55-year-old industrial engineer and former lawmaker, is leading…
By Ricardo Brito and Gabriel Araujo BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s political career was in tatters on Friday as Brazil’s federal electoral court (TSE) barred the far-right nationalist from public office until 2030 for his conduct during last year’s fraught election. Five out of seven justices voted to convict the 68-year-old Bolsonaro…
By Jarrett Renshaw and James Oliphant PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Top rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Friday addressed the national conference of Moms for Liberty, appealing to the conservative parents-rights advocacy group with vows to bolster education and keep discussion of gender identity out of the classroom. “Don’t mess with America’s moms,” former President…
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The prominent leader of a vigilante group in the western Mexican state of Michoacan was slain on Thursday, the local government said, in a brutal attack that left his body so badly burned that it was almost unrecognizable. The state attorney general’s office said at around midday it…
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative-majority ruling letting certain businesses refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages could impact an array of customers beyond LGBT people, according to the court’s liberal justices. But experts were divided over how far this ripple effect could spread. Friday’s ruling protected Denver-area web designer Lorie…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – A U.S. B-52 strategic bomber took part in military exercises with South Korea on Friday, Seoul officials said, in the latest show of force amid tension over North Korea’s failed launch of a spy satellite. The U.S. military also flew its F-16 and F-15 fighters alongside the bomber for…
By Layli Foroudi and Charlotte Van Campenhout PARIS (Reuters) -France’s interior minister said on Friday the coming hours would be decisive as he sent 45,000 police onto the streets following three nights of riots since an officer shot dead a teenager at a traffic stop in a working class suburb of Paris. The violence, in…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether workers can bring discrimination lawsuits based on unwanted workplace transfers that were allegedly motivated by bias, an issue that can make or break many cases. The justices took up a case involving St. Louis police officer Jatonya Muldrow, who is…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a series of important rulings during its term that began last October on issues including affirmative action, student loans, free speech, LGBT rights, voting rights, immigration and environmental regulation. Here is a look at some of the rulings issued by the court this term. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION The…
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up another term in which its conservative justices flexed their muscles, following up major abortion and gun decisions last year with rulings that rejected affirmative action in college admissions, curbed LGBT rights and blocked President Joe Biden’s student debt relief…
