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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington email Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution.The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a false claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents who searched his home in August 2022 were “authorized to shoot me” and were “locked & loaded ready…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Erik ten Hag looked ahead to next season and insisted assurances about his future were “not necessary” before a report emerged on the eve of the FA Cup final that Manchester United will sack him.After winning the Carabao Cup, finishing third in the Premier League and reaching the FA Cup final during a promising first season, things have gone awry under the Dutchman this term.United are preparing to face Manchester City in a second straight FA Cup…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA law enforcement agent testified that Karen Read sent him “flirty” text messages before she allegedly killed her boyfriend.Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Brian Higgins told the jury that Ms Read sent him a message in January 2022 in which she told him “You’re hot.”“Are you serious or messing with me?” Mr Higgins replied. “No I’m serious,” Ms Read said in her message.Ms Read is accused of hitting and killing her Boston police…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Former England captain Wayne Rooney is close to returning to management with Sky Bet Championship Plymouth, the PA news agency understands.The 38-year-old and the club are understood to have agreed terms and he is expected to sign a three-year deal over the weekend.Argyle director of football Neil Dewsnip knows Rooney from his time as boss of Everton’s Academy, from which the striker emerged as a teenager.The former Manchester United star has been out of work since being…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA New Mexico judge has rejected Alec Baldwin’s attempt to have the Rust fatal shooting case against him dismissed.Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case, which is connected to the 2021 death of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was upheld by Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Friday.Lawyers for the Hollywood star had accused prosecutors of misconduct during the grand jury process and wanted the case thrown out.The decision means that Baldwin’s trial is set to go ahead in July.Baldwin,…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City’s “obvious” recent superiority over arch-rivals Manchester United will count for nothing in the FA Cup final.City, fresh from celebrating their historic fourth successive Premier League title, face a United side sore from finishing way back in eighth place at Wembley on Saturday.Chasing back-to-back domestic doubles and a repeat victory over United after last season’s success, City are overwhelming favourites.Yet Guardiola is taking nothing for granted.The City manager said: “People think it’s going…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USAn Ohio woman confronted a sex offender who was recording her teenage daughter in a Target — and police say they can’t take any action to stop the man. Monica Geisel was with her 16-year-old daughter in a Rossford, Ohio, Target this week when the incident occurred, local outlet 13 ABC reports. Her daughter caught the confrontation between Ms Geisel and the man on video.“You took a video,” Ms Geisel tells the man. “Show it to…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Barcelona face Lyon in the Women’s Champions League final as the holders take on the record eight-time winners in Bilbao.French side Lyon have been the powerhouse of women’s football in Europe over the last decade but their supremacy is under threat.Barcelona have never beaten Lyon, losing in Champions League finals to them in 2019 and 2022, but they are going for back-to-back titles.It is set to be the final match for both head coaches, with Jonatan Giraldez…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USWeekly Ozempic injections could dramatically reduce the risk of kidney complications, heart issues and even death in people with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, according to a major new study.More than one in seven Americans – approximately 37 million – are affected by chronic kidney disease, the National Institutes of Health states. And about one in three people with diabetes also have chronic kidney disease, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Kobbie Mainoo is learning about the trappings of fame. “When I try to go to the corner shop I get a bit more attention,” said the breakout star of Manchester United’s season. And if there was something wonderfully down-to-earth about the image, there is also the probability that Mainoo may not be spending too much time at the corner shop too often in the future. He is more likely to be seen in the United and England…