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President Donald Trump on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 2023 New York civil jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, escalating his years long legal fight over her allegations. Trump’s petition seeks to overturn the $5 million award …

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to revisit its 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, turning away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds. The justices declined to hear Davis’s case, effectively upholding a lower-court ruling that …

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked Friday night a lower court’s order that the Trump administration pay for a full month of food benefits, hours after some states began loading nutrition assistance funds on payment cards held by the 42 million Americans who use the program. In a two-page filing, Justice …

Several of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that President Donald Trump has the unilateral power to impose far-reaching tariffs, raising the possibility that the court could strike down one of the most consequential parts of his economic agenda. The case marks the biggest legal test yet of …

The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately allow the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois, arguing that federal agents conducting immigration enforcement face threats and assaults in the Chicago area. The emergency request follows multiple rulings by lower courts — including the 7th U.S. …

More than a decade after the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and just two years after it declined to unravel another, the high court on Wednesday will hear a consequential challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map that could further weaken the law’s protections for minority …

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her 2021 conviction and 20-year prison sentence for aiding Jeffrey Epstein in the sexual exploitation of underage girls, leaving her punishment intact and closing one of the final legal chapters in the decades-long Epstein saga. Maxwell, 63, had …

The Supreme Court will meet in private on Monday to consider hundreds of appeals that accumulated over the summer — including a high-profile petition from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is seeking to overturn parts of her conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein in recruiting and grooming underage girls. The session, known as …

The Supreme Court on Friday handed a major victory to the Trump administration, allowing it to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid funds that Congress had already approved — a move that critics say undermines the constitutional separation of powers and endangers vital humanitarian programs abroad. In a brief, unsigned …

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with the Trump administration, temporarily allowing federal immigration agents to resume roving patrols and stops in the Los Angeles region despite a lower-court ruling that restricted the practice. The unsigned order put on hold a July 11 decision by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah …

After a string of high-profile wins at the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump’s administration suffered one of its toughest weeks yet in the lower courts, as judges across the country blocked key pillars of his domestic agenda and issued sharp rebukes of his use of executive power. In a span …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously dismissed a landmark lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against American gun manufacturers, dealing a significant blow to efforts to hold gun makers accountable for cross-border violence fueled by illicit firearms. In an opinion authored by Justice Elena Kagan, the court ruled that …

A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an Oklahoma ruling that struck down the nation’s first religious charter school. The Court announced Thursday it voted 4-4 with Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused. It did not disclose how each justice voted, nor did it issue written opinions. The tied vote affirmed …

The U.S. Justice Department made an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, asking the justices to lift a lower court’s freeze on the Trump administration’s plans to terminate work authorization and deportation protection for more than 350,000 Venezuelans residing in the United States. The request to the high court …

As Wisconsin voters head to the polls, the state’s Supreme Court race has become a national battleground, drawing record-breaking spending and high-profile endorsements from both sides of the political spectrum. The election, which will decide control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, could have far-reaching consequences on abortion rights, redistricting, and …