The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Missouri officials’ appeal seeking to use new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump in the November election, according to the Associated Press. The decision leaves the state unable to implement the map for this cycle and marks a defeat for Republicans who hoped the redrawn districts could help them protect a narrow U.S. House majority. The justices allowed the existing lower-court outcome to remain in place.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has suspended the country's federal police chief, deepening a rift within the court. According to Al Jazeera, allegations of misconduct involving two justices threaten to draw the institution into political battles ahead of Brazil's upcoming election. The dispute highlights growing tensions between the judiciary and other branches of government as the electoral contest approaches.

A US appeals court has ruled that former President Donald Trump can continue with his fast-track deportation efforts, overturning an earlier decision that deemed the measures unconstitutional and a violation of due process rights. This ruling allows the administration to implement its deportation policies without the constraints imposed by the previous court ruling.

The UN General Assembly voted 164 to 1 in favour of adopting equal-area world maps instead of the long-dominant Mercator projection, with the United States casting the sole opposing vote. The Mercator map, created in the 16th century, has been criticised for distorting the relative sizes of continents, shrinking regions like Africa while enlarging areas near the poles. Despite the UN's decision, Tech-ish reports that Silicon Valley's mapping platforms continue to shape how much of the world views geography.

US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage after posting a map that appeared to show Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico and the Caribbean as part of the United States, according to Vanguard News. The post drew fury from critics, though the blurb does not detail specific reactions or responses from the countries depicted. The incident adds to earlier controversies over Trump's remarks about expanding US territory, including previous comments about acquiring Greenland and making Canada a US state.

A federal appeals court has permitted the Trump administration to continue its policy of expedited deportations of undocumented migrants across the United States, extending beyond border areas. This decision came from a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which overturned a previous ruling that had temporarily halted the implementation of this policy.