Politics updates: Follow updates for the latest on government targets

• Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons
• Person in critical condition after two
• Impossible decisions and the job he never got to do
• GP practices asking patients to pay before seeing a doctor due to bill skipping
• Ben Whishaw lights up the Croisette as he joins his co
• Big, expensive, and not fit for purpose: What you need to know about Premier House
• Wellington job market already tough before public sector redundancies
• Free school lunches: Studies show better attendance, improved alertness
• Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection after closing some restaurants
• Law forcing Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier to retire 'appears discriminatory'
• What is happening with the NZ housing market this week?
• Golriz Ghahraman's law career at risk if convicted, professor says
• Minnesota Uber and Lyft driver pay package beats deadline to win approval in Legislature
• Imam and dairy farmer Reza Abdul