Republicans have gained an advantage in a national congressional redistricting battle among states ahead of the midterm elections
May 05, 2026
A federal court has ruled against the new global tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court
May 08, 2026
Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court justices are not “political actors.”
May 07, 2026
Chief Justice Roberts defends Supreme Court against charges of partisan rulings
May 07, 2026
President Donald Trump's lawyer, hoping for an eventual Supreme Court victory, is asking a federal appeals court in New York to temporarily block a longtime columnist from collecting an $83 million defamation award
May 07, 2026
States are rushing to redistrict following a Supreme Court voting rights decision. Here's why Ohio won't be.
May 06, 2026
The U.S.
May 06, 2026
Alito and Jackson’s fiery debate over the Voting Rights Act exposes Supreme Court tensions
May 06, 2026
The Supreme Court may force Trump to take a position on mifepristone
May 05, 2026
The Supreme Court limited the ability of people to sue government contractors in state courts.
May 05, 2026
The U.S.
May 05, 2026
Elie Honig joins The Lead.
May 05, 2026
The Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation
May 04, 2026
The U.S.
May 04, 2026
Clarence Thomas this week will reach a major milestone on the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the second-longest-serving justice in American history.
May 03, 2026
The Supreme Court keeps overturning precedent. It swears that it’s not
May 03, 2026
Fight over online access to abortion pill reaches Supreme Court in emergency appeal
May 03, 2026
The Trump administration has been found in violation of court rulings in an extraordinary number of lawsuits on a broad set of issues
May 02, 2026
The Supreme Court’s ruling that a Black-majority voting district in Louisiana is unconstitutional adds to a long and dismal history of government attempts to limit the power of minority voters.
April 30, 2026
A case involving the potential dangers of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer sold as Roundup, could affect broader consumer-protection efforts.
April 30, 2026
The Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect thousands of Black and Hispanic representatives at all levels of government
April 30, 2026
John Roberts’ effort to gut the Voting Rights Act is complete
April 30, 2026
Brazil's Senate on Wednesday rejected the nomination of Solicitor General Jorge Messias for an open seat on the Supreme Court, making President Luiz
April 30, 2026
Brazil’s Senate dealt a political blow to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday by rejecting his appointee to the Supreme Court, the first in more than 130 years
April 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country
April 30, 2026
The U.S.
April 29, 2026
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s historic Voting Rights Act opinion and what’s next for the midterms
April 30, 2026
The Supreme Court is siding with a faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions
April 29, 2026
Federal appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million jury award
April 29, 2026
Supreme Court lets faith-based pregnancy centers fight subpoena on First Amendment grounds
April 29, 2026
Will Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric matter at the Supreme Court?
April 29, 2026
The Supreme Court seems likely to grant tech giant Cisco’s bid to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China
April 28, 2026
The U.S.
April 28, 2026
General Motors is expecting a $500 million tariff refund after the Supreme Court struck down some of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping levies
April 28, 2026
These Haitian immigrants contribute nearly $6 billion to the economy. Their fate is in the Supreme Court’s hands
April 28, 2026
"Make America Healthy Again" activists rallied at the U.S.
April 28, 2026
The Supreme Court seems divided over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer
April 28, 2026
The U.S.
April 27, 2026
The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes
April 28, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the U.S.
April 27, 2026
Supreme Court grapples with whether police may seek sweeping cellphone location data in investigations
April 27, 2026
A Supreme Court case over pesticides is bringing out the ‘MAHA moms’ — and threats of consequences for the midterms
April 27, 2026
The U.S.
April 26, 2026
A majority of Americans believe all babies born in the country should automatically be granted citizenship, according to a Reuters/Ipsos
April 26, 2026
Most Americans are worried about pesticides and oppose shielding companies from lawsuits over hazardous products, according to a
April 24, 2026
What is the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ and why is it important?
April 24, 2026
The Supreme Court has sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court
April 22, 2026
The Supreme Court is clearing the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive
April 22, 2026
In testimony Tuesday at the Senate Banking Committee, Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh never said if he agrees with President Donald Trump's view that the Fed's policy
April 22, 2026
The Supreme Court seems wary of limiting the power of federal regulators in a case over multimillion-dollar penalties levied against telecommunications giants Verizon and AT&T
April 22, 2026
The U.S.
April 21, 2026
The U.S.
April 20, 2026
The Supreme Court will hear from Catholic preschools that say it’s unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program because they won’t admit kids from LGBTQ+ families
April 20, 2026
When government officials hold prayer services, quote scripture and engage in religious proselytizing at the workplace, is it religious freedom – or an old-fashioned First Amendment violation?
April 15, 2026
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April 01, 2026
The U.S.
April 23, 2025
President Donald Trump made a historic visit to the U.S.
April 01, 2026
The House has passed legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump took the short trip from the White House to the U.S.
April 02, 2026
Sniping by justices underscores tension over Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’
April 17, 2026
While many Americans are following the U.S.
April 02, 2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has stepped up her criticism of the conservative-majority U.S.
April 16, 2026
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered an attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration
April 16, 2026
Trump recalls how Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death affected the Supreme Court as he discusses Samuel Alito’s future
April 15, 2026
The centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s economic policy — sweeping taxes on global imports — is under legal assault again
April 10, 2026
In 1976, a small Christian college refused to comply with Title IX. The ensuing legal back-and-forth still matters today as the Trump administration places pressure on universities.
April 09, 2026
Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon has won a Supreme Court order that’s expected to lead to the dismissal of his criminal conviction for refusing to testify to Congress
April 06, 2026
The court decided Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy violated the free speech of a talk therapist.
April 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has attended oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a first for a sitting president
April 02, 2026
Trump’s top litigator faces uphill battle with birthright citizenship
April 01, 2026
Takeaways from the Supreme Court decision on Colorado law banning ‘conversion therapy’ for trans and gay minors
April 01, 2026
The Supreme Court is once again hearing arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily
March 31, 2026
The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a range of the president’s import taxes
March 14, 2026
The Trump administration is scrambling to replace the revenue the federal government lost when the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs last month
March 13, 2026
NCAA, Big 12 go to court against Texas Tech, seeking to ensure ability to handle Sorsby eligibility
Supreme Court will decide whether criminal cases must have 12 jurors, in Florida case
Woman accused of feeding neighbor’s cat to dogs
World Cup teams face major travel demands in tournament spread across US, Canada and Mexico
Surge in teens seeking and paying for summer service experience
United Airlines reveals ‘Stars and Stripes’ paint scheme on two planes in honor of America’s 250th anniversary
US emergency oil stockpile tumbles to lowest since the Reagan administration
Mother-daughter duo navigate loss while changing laws in Utah farming