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Trump push for state voter rolls rebuffed by courts as midterms near

April 28 (Reuters) – As the U.S. midterm elections approach, Democrats are winning legal challenges to the Trump administration’s push to obtain states’ voter rolls, dealing a blow to the president’s unprecedented effort to expand the federal government’s role in elections. The Democratic-run states’ victories come as their party is locked in a fierce battle to take back both houses of Congress from President Donald ​Trump’s Republicans in the November 3 midterms. So far this year, federal judges in California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and Rhode Island have dismissed Justice Department lawsuits demanding those states’ voter rolls, including sensitive information like

Why you may see Japanese soccer fans cleaning up the stadium after World Cup games

TOKYO, April 28, 2026 (AP) — If there’s one country guaranteed to clean up at the World Cup, it’s Japan. Literally. Scenes of Japanese soccer fans sweeping stadiums and picking up trash after a match first drew public attention in France in 1998 — Japan’s first appearance in the World Cup. The tradition has continued every four years. It happened at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, and it’s certain to continue when Japan opens play in June with group games in Arlington, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico. The cleanup astonishes non-Japanese who might be accustomed to leaving stadiums and

Stock markets decline amid surging oil prices, foreign fund outflows

Mumbai, Apr 28 (PTI) Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty buckled under selling pressure on Tuesday as a sharp rally in oil prices and foreign fund outflows dented investors’ sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 416.72 points, or 0.54 per cent, to settle at 76,886.91. During the day, it lost 562.57 points, or 0.72 per cent, to 76,741.06. The 50-share gauge NSE Nifty dropped 97 points, or 0.40 per cent, to end at 23,995.70. From the 30-Sensex firms, Axis Bank, HCL Tech, InterGlobe Aviation, Maruti, State Bank of India and ICICI Bank were among the biggest laggards. In contrast,

Rupee falls 41 paise to close at 94.56 against US dollar

Mumbai, Apr 28 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 41 paise to close at 94.56 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, as elevated crude oil prices and unabated foreign capital outflows amid rising geopolitical uncertainties dented investor sentiments. Forex traders said the rupee has already weakened quite sharply, factoring in the likely widening of the Current Account Deficit (CAD) and volatile capital flows. Moreover, persistent foreign fund outflows weighed on the rupee, as so far this year, FIIs have pulled out over USD 19 billion from Indian equities. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 94.35 against the

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