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• Voorzitter van het Hooggerechtshof John Roberts bekritiseerde op 6 mei 2026 publiekelijk de intense retoriek die gericht is tegen het Supreme Court. • Zijn opmerkingen zijn een reactie op toenemende partijdige aanvallen te midden van high-profile uitspraken over verkiezingen en immuniteit. • De verklaring is bedoeld om de onafhankelijkheid van de rechtspraak te verdedigen, nu het publieke vertrouwen in het hof historisch lage punten bereikt.

Trump ally grilled by lawmakers over ‘terrible decisions’ on vaccines, public health and funding cuts to key programsUS politics – latest updatesVaccines and public health dominated a frequently contentious hearing with Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday before the US House ways and means committee.Kennedy, the controversial health secretary and a longtime vaccine opponent, has overseen sweeping changes to routine vaccination recommendations and has promoted misinformation even amid the biggest measles outbreak in decades. Continue reading...

Evanston mayor Daniel Biss and Cook County commissioner Donna Miller were among those who came out on top in the elections ahead of the midtermsDemocratic voters in Illinois handed the party’s nominations for five open seats in the House of Representatives to candidates that included Evanston mayor Daniel Biss and Cook County commissioner Donna Miller, after heated and at times bitter campaigns that saw significant spending by outside groups, most controversially the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac).The primaries acted as a test of the style of politics voters were looking for ahead of the midterm elections in November, when Democrats hope to regain control of Congress. All five districts are heavily Democratic, making the primary victors favorites to triumph in the general elections. Continue reading...