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The Supreme Court opens its new term Monday with a docket that could reshape the law on immigration, gun rights, religious freedom and climate liability, while setting the stage for additional fights over President Donald Trump’s agenda and the November midterm elections. The justices will consider challenges to state bans …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own.  The decision will allow the Trump administration to carry out its aggressive deportation method of quickly removing immigrants to one of the countries — some with …

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s latest effort to revive new U.S. Postal Service requirements for mail ballots, leaving the rules blocked as the Supreme Court considers whether they can take effect before the November midterm elections. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a …

The Trump administration has again asked the Supreme Court to temporarily allow the U.S. Postal Service to enforce new requirements for mail-in ballots, escalating a legal fight over federal authority over election mail less than two months before the November midterm elections. The administration filed its latest emergency application Sunday, …

House Republicans failed Wednesday to advance a constitutional amendment that would permanently set the Supreme Court at nine justices, as Democrats increasingly embrace the once-fringe idea of expanding the court. The House voted 212-206, falling well short of the two-thirds majority required for a constitutional amendment. Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., …

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue construction of a massive ballroom at the White House, rejecting a preservation group’s effort to halt the controversial project. The 5-4 decision found that the National Trust for Historic Preservation likely lacked legal standing to challenge …

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to move forward, for now, with plans to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, handing the White House a significant legal victory while leaving the ultimate fate of the policy unresolved. The divided court issued an unsigned emergency …

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt for a second time to overturn a jury verdict that awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages for sexual abuse and defamation. The justices’ decision leaves the judgment intact and closes another avenue for Trump to challenge the …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down longstanding federal limits on how much national political party committees can spend in coordination with individual candidates, ruling the restrictions violate the First Amendment’s protection of free speech. In a 6-3 decision, the court sided with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws that prohibit transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports, delivering another significant victory for states defending restrictions on transgender participation and marking the latest setback for LGBTQ rights before the nation’s highest court. In a 6-3 decision, the justices …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reaffirmed the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants and certain temporary visa holders. In a 5-4 decision on constitutional grounds, the …

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may continue counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day so long as they were postmarked by the voting deadline, preserving election laws used across much of the country and rejecting a Republican-backed legal challenge. In a 5-4 decision, the justices upheld a …

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforcement searches for the location history of cellphones near crime scenes are covered by the Fourth Amendment, requiring warrants to obtain the data. But the high court left unsettled when searches for the information are reasonable — likely meaning the justices will …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a pair of landmark rulings that delivered both a victory and a setback for President Donald Trump, preserving Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s job for now while dramatically expanding presidential authority over most independent federal agencies. In two decisions authored by Chief Justice …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal seeking to overturn a civil jury verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and later defamed her, leaving intact a $5 million judgment against the president. Without comment, the justices denied Trump’s petition for …