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Justice Sonia Sotomayor, speaking at a Florida college on Tuesday, made pointed remarks about the limits of presidential power and her fear that government officials might flout court decisions. “Our founders were hellbent on ensuring that we didn’t have a…

President Trump on Tuesday named two nominees to lead top financial regulators: Jonathan McKernan for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Jonathan Gould as the comptroller of the currency. The consumer bureau has been in turmoil for days…

With TV cameras pointed at her, Felisa Wolfe-Simon began speaking at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2010. “I’ve discovered — I’ve led a team that has discovered — something that I’ve been thinking about for many years,”…

Demi Moore is the star of one of the goriest, most audacious films ever nominated for an Oscar, the feminist body-horror satire “The Substance.” Onscreen, Moore, 62, dissolves and mutates in often grisly ways — nude, and in extreme close-up.…

Simi Jolaoso BBC News, Ogoniland Getty Images A BBC investigation has uncovered allegations that energy giant Shell has ignored repeated warnings that a controversial clean-up operation of oil-polluted areas of southern Nigeria has been beset by problems and corruption. The…

Jim Wheble BBC Investigations Getty Images It is illegal for UK companies to supply number plates without checking someone’s legal entitlement to the plate Online retailer Amazon is banning the sale of car number plates on its platform after a…

Helen Briggs BBC environment correspondent•@hbriggs Getty Images Yellow trumpet-shaped daffodils are a familiar sight in spring Rare British daffodils may be hiding in plain sight in gardens and parks and experts want to track them down. They have drawn up…

Elon Musk denied leading a “hostile takeover” of the US government and defended his cost-cutting plans as he made a surprise first appearance at the White House on Tuesday. The world’s richest man took questions from reporters in the Oval…

Florida lawmakers will vote this week on a revised set of immigration enforcement bills supported by Gov. Ron DeSantis, ending a tense, two-week standoff and allowing both sides to save face in front of voters who consider illegal immigration a…

As Mayor Eric Adams awaited a decision by federal prosecutors in Manhattan over whether to heed the Justice Department’s order to dismiss his five-count corruption indictment, he delivered an address on Tuesday to staunchly defend his character and profess his…