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Trump rants about upcoming immunity battle following Supreme Court decisionSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailRepublican presidential front-runner Donald Trump won the North Dakota GOP caucus on Monday night, taking all 29 of the state’s delegates after receiving more than 84 per cent of the vote, setting himself up nicely for Super Tuesday.On Monday, Mr Trump was handed a key legal victory as justices on the US Supreme Court ruled he could appear on this year’s ballot papers, overturning a ground-breaking decision by Colorado’s…

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 Jorginho believes relentless Arsenal are approaching the Premier League title race with more maturity than last season.The Gunners were top of the table for a total of 248 days last term before ultimately slipping behind Manchester City in the run-in.Pep Guardiola’s men are again in the running this time, with the holders sandwiched between leaders Liverpool and Arsenal as the season enters the final straight.Just two points separate the table-topping Reds and third-placed Gunners, who ran amok…

Navalny supporters chant outside funeral service in MoscowFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsUkraine is claiming it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones.The Ukrainian military intelligence agency said a special operations unit destroyed the large patrol ship Sergey Kotov overnight with Magura V5 uncrewed vessels that are designed and built in Ukraine and laden with explosives. The patrol ship, which Ukraine said was hit near the Kerch Strait, reportedly can carry cruise missiles 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 Chelsea striker and Australia captain Sam Kerr is to stand trial after pleading not guilty to racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. A four-day trial will be held next February after Kerr appeared in court on Monday via videolink.She was charged with causing a police officer harassment, alarm or distress. The incident took place in Twickenham on January 30 last year and relates to a “police officer who was responding to a complaint involving a taxi…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USMultiple people died in Nashville after a small plane crashed near an interstate highway, leading to closure of lanes on the busy stretch on Monday night, police officials said.A single-engine plane crashed adjacent to Interstate 40 on a grassy median near a Costco store in the western part of the city, the Metro Nashville Police Department said.The plane burst into flames on crashing, they added. Details about the plane and its passengers were not immediately clear.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 Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta described his side’s 6-0 thrashing of Sheffield United as “a great night” as they climbed to within two points of leaders Liverpool.The Gunners dominated from start to finish against a Blades team who looked well beaten after Martin Odegaard, Jayden Bogle’s own goal and Gabriel Martinelli had put them 3-0 behind inside 13 minutes.Kai Havertz and Declan Rice put the irrepressible Londoners 5-0 ahead at half-time and Ben White crashed home their sixth…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USThe US Supreme Court has voted to freeze the implementation of SB4, a new Texas law that would allow police officers to arrest anyone they suspect of illegally crossing the border.According to an order of the court issued on Monday, which was written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the Texas legislation now won’t take effect until 13 March. The court is expected to review the case and issue a ruling by then about whether the…

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 Jamie Carragher slammed Sheffield United and called Chris Wilder’s side a “disgrace” after they conceded five goals against Arsenal before half-time to set an unwanted record in English football.As the Gunners ran riot before in the first half at Bramall Lane, the Premier League’s bottom side became the first team English football history to concede five goals in four consecutive home games across all competitions.The Blades had also suffered a 5-2 defeat to Brighton in the FA…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe US Supreme Court’s reversal of a landmark court decision in Colorado will keep Donald Trump on the state’s presidential election ballots and on the ballots in a handful of other states where he was also disqualified from the presidency under a constitutional clause barring insurrectionists from office.It was a unanimous 9-0 decision from the justices, on its face. They agreed that individual states can’t unilaterally remove candidates for federal office from their ballots. But that’s about as…

Sheffield United better team than their results show – ArtetaArsenal travel to Sheffield United as the Gunners look to extend their winning run while responding to victories for Liverpool and Manchester City in the Premier League title race.Mikel Arteta’s side can close the gap to leaders Liverpool back to two points with a win at Bramall Lane, with Chris Wilder’s Blades rooted to the bottom of the table. Arsenal thrashed Sheffield United 5-0 in the reverse fixture earlier this season and the goals are once again flowing for the visitors, with 25 scored in their last six after sweeping Newcastle…