Monday evening news briefing: Trump cleared to run for president after Supreme Court victory

Good evening. Donald Trump cannot be banned from running for president and will appear on the ballot in Tuesday’s Colorado primary, America’s highest court has ruled.

Elsewhere, the Government has been defeated in the House of Lords over the Rwanda Bill as peers voted to accept an amendment.

Donald Trump cleared to run for president after Supreme Court victory

The ruling means the Republican candidate will appear on the Colorado ballot and is expected to secure the party nomination on Super Tuesday. Writing on Truth Social minutes after the opinion was published, Mr Trump said: “Big win for America!!!”

Government defeated in Lords over Rwanda Bill

The Government has been defeated in the House of Lords over the Rwanda Bill as peers voted to accept an amendment. The vote is likely to set into motion ‘ping pong’ between the Lords and the Commons when the Bill eventually returns for votes by MPs. Follow the latest updates here.

Laurence Fox’s misogynistic comments on GB News broke Ofcom rules

Laurence Fox’s misogynistic on-air comments about a political correspondent on GB News broke Ofcom rules during an episode of GB News’s Dan Wootton Tonight, the media watchdog has ruled.

Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines

Religion | The Church of England has been told to raise £1 billion from wealthy donors for a fund set up to address its links to transatlantic slavery.

Donald Trump supporters are targeting black voters with disinformation, including AI-generated fake images of the former president, campaigners have warned.

Comment and analysis

Patrick O’Flynn | Wales’ council tax bombshell may soon hit England

Lucy Burton | Banks are bailing out of soulless Canary Wharf – and who can blame them?

Peter Lilley | A quiet coup is handing control of Britain to the lawyers

Annabel Denham | The young are growing up in a post-lockdown society riddled with entitlement

Tim Stanley | Politicians remain in total denial over extremism

World news: Ukraine ‘blew up’ Russian railway bridge transporting ‘military cargo’

Ukraine said it blew up a railway bridge in Russia’s southwestern Samara region on Monday because it was being used to transport “military cargo”.

Feature of the day

How a £15 canvas bag turned a London bookshop into a global superbrand

An eco-friendly canvas carrier dreamed up by an independent bookseller has become an ubiquitous class marker for the literati.

Business news: KPMG fined £1.5m over accounting scandal at top Tory ad agency

The UK audit watchdog has fined KPMG £1.5m for “serious failings” after it didn’t spot an accounting scandal at ad agency M&C Saatchi.

Live markets news: EU fine wipes $78bn off Apple’s valuation

Editor’s choice

Your say | Readers’ message to Jeremy Hunt: Raise tax thresholds to win the election

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Sport briefing: Today’s essential headlines

Michael Vaughan | ‘England’s Bazball culture is against dropping players – maybe it is time they started’

Rugby | Frustration in England camp as blitz defence prioritised over attack

Oliver Brown | ‘One screamer, two chances fluffed and an early exit – the enigma that is Marcus Rashford’

Tennis | The three stages of Andy Murray and the underlying motivation of pressure

Boxing | Francis Ngannou: I was detained for being an illegal immigrant

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