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The conservative-heavy court had largely given Trump everything he desired – until now, when two of his three nominees turned their back on him

After an agonising year in which the US supreme court has stood aside and watched while Donald Trump has run roughshod over the constitutional separation of powers, the highest judicial panel has finally stirred itself to set boundaries on the president’s increasingly regal pose.

Friday’s supreme court ruling declared Trump’s sweeping tariffs unlawful, yanking from the president the bloodied cudgel which he has used to beat foreign friend and foe alike.

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In these times of social, political and even environmental instability, is it any wonder that we turn to influencers for instruction?

A group of young women are about to try colour analysis for the first time. One says she suspects she’s not “supposed to wear gold”, and then holds up both hands swathed in gold rings and bracelets. The video cuts to the same woman with a strip of gold fabric laid across her chest. A sad trumpet sound plays before the strip is whipped off and replaced with a silver one. “See?” the analyst says. “Way better here.” The woman says: “Yeah”, but she sounds unhappy.

Colour analysis is a method of picking out the shades that suit your skin tone. After its first life in the 1980s and 90s, “getting your colours done” found a new audience on TikTok in 2024 and has only become more popular since. This clip was one of many thrown up by my Instagram feed but it stuck with me, largely because it seemed so depressing in its portrayal of the trend as something to be endured rather than enjoyed. Directions on what you’re “supposed” or “not supposed” to wear, it intimated, should be followed even if it means sacrificing your own preferences.

Francesca Newton is a writer and editor

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The Mumford & Sons frontman on farming, the fallout from contact sports as a kid and the four-letter word that’s banned at home

Born in California, Marcus Mumford, 39, formed the band Mumford & Sons in 2007. Two years later, they released their Brit award-winning debut Sigh No More, which included the song Little Lion Man. In 2013, Babel won album of the year at the Grammys, and in 2025 the band had their third No 1 album, Rushmere. Their latest release is Prizefighter and on 4 July they play BST Hyde Park in London. In 2022, Mumford made a solo record, Self‑Titled. He is married to the actor Carey Mulligan, has three children and lives in the West Country.

Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Sickeningly, it’s probably my wife, because she’s a legend.

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Men’s four-man bobsleigh In the workshop, a man carefully waxes down a sleigh. Another Canadian team next, under Dearborn, but they can’t improve on their countrymen.

Men’s four-man bobsleigh: The French have a cracking silver sled, but it all goes wrong at the start when one of the riders gets his foot stuck.

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- CHARBON ( Coal ) - Experimental Digital Surrealist Collage Series. This project explores the intersection of analog nostalgia and digital distortion. Created using a hybrid workflow of scanned analog collages, retro magazine scans, hand-drawn elements, photography & more - the goal was to achieve a distinct LO-FI/Punk aesthetic. These elements were blended with original digital graphics and modern computer tools to create surrealist compositions.

Journaliste Jessica Toonkel van de WSJ kampte twee jaar met jeuk die dokters toeschreven aan de overgang. Het was stadium 2 lymfeklierkanker. Waarom mist de geneeskunde vrouwenklachten zo vaak?

Jessica Toonkel rende 's ochtends haar rondjes, maar de jeuk kroop over haar rug, buik en ledematen. Zweten verergerde het. Dokters schreven het toe aan hormonale schommelingen: perimenopauze, gluten, stress. Ze slikte biologische medicijnen, dronk selderijsap en probeerde progesteroncrème. Niets hielp.

Uiteindelijk, uitgeput op de spoed, toonde een CT-scan een massa in haar long en vochtophoping. Biopsie bevestigde kanker. Na zes maanden chemo is ze in remissie. De jeuk verdween al na twee infusen. Haar ervaring onderstreept een breder probleem: geneeskunde baseert zich op mannelijke normen, waardoor vrouwen later gediagnosticeerd worden.

Vrouwen wachten bij kanker soms maanden langer dan mannen. Symptomen als vermoeidheid of pijn worden afgedaan als menopauze. In Nederland waarschuwt Kanker.nl voor overlappende klachten, maar structurele bias blijft. Patiënten moeten bijven vragen om scans.

Deze casus pleit voor meer bewustzijn. Dokters: luister naar vrouwen. Vrouwen: eis second opinions. Vroeg signaleren redt levens.

Op deze Olympische Winterspelen doet geen Russisch team mee. Toch zijn er 51 geboren Russen als sporter aanwezig op de Spelen.