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Israel's High Court has found that the state is defying its ruling requiring Red Cross visits for Palestinian detainees. The decision points to continued non-compliance with a court order on access to prisoners held by Israeli authorities. The ruling is likely to renew debate over detainee rights and the government's willingness to abide by court decisions amid the ongoing conflict.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration may, for the time being, use its revamped federal voter eligibility database. The decision allows the administration to proceed with checks aimed at verifying voter eligibility while legal challenges continue in lower courts. News outlets including AP News and NewsNation are covering the ruling, which is likely to intensify debate over federal involvement in election administration and voter access.

A US judge has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's latest attempt to overturn her conviction, dismissing the effort as 'frivolous'. Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking offences. The ruling keeps her conviction intact and closes off another avenue of appeal in a case that continues to draw global attention.

A Cuban man has spent a year in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Texas, and his case is being used to test the reach of a recent Supreme Court ruling on immigration detention. Reported by El Paso Matters, the story highlights how the high court's decision is being applied in practice to people held for prolonged periods, raising questions about how long immigrants can be kept in custody and under what legal limits.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions in the killings of his wife Maggie and son Paul. The disgraced former lawyer was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 after a trial that drew national attention. The court's ruling raises the prospect of a new trial, and the case remains one of the most closely followed legal sagas in the United States.

Donald Trump has criticised the US Supreme Court after it rejected a challenge related to Missouri's congressional map, which supporters had pushed as part of a broader effort to redraw district lines in Republicans' favour. The rebuke highlights growing tension between Trump and the Court over redistricting fights ahead of the midterms, with advocates urging justices to back partisan map redraws in Republican-led states.

The Supreme Court has refused for a third time to approve a Missouri congressional map backed by President Trump, leaving the state's district boundaries unchanged. The repeated rejections put the map's Republican sponsors back at square one and add a new chapter to the fight over redrawing congressional districts for partisan advantage ahead of future elections.

The US Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's attempt to restrict mail-in voting, dealing a setback to efforts to tighten voting rules ahead of elections. The decision means existing mail-in voting procedures can continue. The ruling lands amid ongoing national debate over election rules and voting access, and is drawing strong reactions from both supporters and critics of the administration's push.

A high court has ruled that election officials may use a federal database to help identify and remove ineligible voters from registration rolls. The decision clarifies the legality of cross-checking voter records against federal data, a practice that has drawn debate between those who see it as protecting election integrity and those concerned about wrongful removals of eligible voters.

Live coverage continues in an Ohio murder trial involving a former American Idol contestant, with Court TV broadcasting day six of proceedings against defendant Caleb Flynn. Viewers are following the testimony and arguments in real time, making the case one of the most-watched court proceedings of the moment.

Blake Lively has made a public statement following a court ruling in her legal dispute with Justin Baldoni, with the trial still to come. The actress, known for her role in 'It Ends With Us' and her husband Ryan Reynolds, has been engaged in a high-profile legal battle with Baldoni. The court decision comes ahead of the upcoming trial, and her remarks are drawing wide attention as the case moves forward.

Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman charged in the deaths of her three children, is set to make her first court appearance since a mistrial was declared in her case. Coverage is focused on what the hearing will cover and what comes next in the proceedings. Details on the judge's ruling and the path forward remain limited ahead of the appearance.

Thousands of people blocked an Orange Order march along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, following a High Court ruling on the parade. The standoff has revived long-running tensions over contested parades through the nationalist estate, where the route has been barred for decades. Onlookers are debating the court's intervention, the scale of the crowds, and the risk of renewed unrest in the area.

Italy's Supreme Court is set to review a controversial citizenship ruling that removed eligibility from millions of people, many of them descendants of Italians abroad. The earlier decision significantly restricted access to Italian citizenship by ancestry, prompting legal challenges and concern among diaspora communities. The upcoming review will determine whether the restrictive interpretation stands.

Kacey Jennings is taking her Fayetteville murder conviction to the Arkansas Supreme Court, filing an appeal of the lower court's verdict. The case drew attention in northwest Arkansas when the conviction was handed down, and the move to the state's highest court keeps the matter in the public eye. Details of the specific grounds for appeal have not been widely reported.