The Latest: Supreme Court arguments over Trump's birthright citizenship order end after two hours
Read full article: The Latest: Supreme Court arguments over Trump's birthright citizenship order end after two hoursThe U.S. Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily.
The birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court hits close to home for this immigrant mother
Read full article: The birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court hits close to home for this immigrant motherAn Argentine emigre in Florida quickly got her newborn son a U.S. passport last year.
The Latest: Supreme Court will decide whether states can keep counting late mail ballots
Read full article: The Latest: Supreme Court will decide whether states can keep counting late mail ballotsThe U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments on whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots — an election issue targeted by President Donald Trump.
Cast a ballot and wait for the plane. In Alaska, a grace period for ballots is seen as a necessity
Read full article: Cast a ballot and wait for the plane. In Alaska, a grace period for ballots is seen as a necessityVoting rights advocates in Alaska are worried that a case set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court could end a long-standing practice of the state accepting ballots after Election Day.
Two dozen states, 10 cities sue EPA over repeal of 'endangerment' finding central to climate fight
Read full article: Two dozen states, 10 cities sue EPA over repeal of 'endangerment' finding central to climate fightTwo dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
Chief Justice Roberts says personal criticism of judges is dangerous and has 'got to stop'
Read full article: Chief Justice Roberts says personal criticism of judges is dangerous and has 'got to stop'Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is warning that personal criticism of federal judges is dangerous and “it’s got to stop.”.
Supreme Court to hear arguments over push to end legal protections for migrants from Haiti, Syria
Read full article: Supreme Court to hear arguments over push to end legal protections for migrants from Haiti, SyriaThe Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from countries around the world, including Haiti and Syria.
On 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, worries about the future of voting rights and calls to action
Read full article: On 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, worries about the future of voting rights and calls to actionAlabama marked the 61st anniversary of a key event in the Civil Rights Movement, when state troopers attacked voting rights marchers in Selma.
Supreme Court upholds San Antonio man’s 60-year murder sentence
Read full article: Supreme Court upholds San Antonio man’s 60-year murder sentenceThe prison sentence for a San Antonio man convicted in a 2015 murder will remain in place, according to a unanimous Wednesday ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ontario's premier says 'the walls are closing in' on Trump after Supreme Court tariff decision
Read full article: Ontario's premier says 'the walls are closing in' on Trump after Supreme Court tariff decisionOntario Premier Doug Ford says pressure is building on President Donald Trump as courts and Congress push back on his tariff agenda.
Trump says he'll raise tariffs to 15 percent after Supreme Court ruling
Read full article: Trump says he'll raise tariffs to 15 percent after Supreme Court rulingPresident Donald Trump said Saturday that he was raising the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier.
Texans shouldn’t expect Supreme Court ruling against tariffs to bring prices down soon, economists say
Read full article: Texans shouldn’t expect Supreme Court ruling against tariffs to bring prices down soon, economists sayThe order wiped out many of the Trump administration's tariffs, but Trump promised Friday to find other ways to restore them.
Bayer agrees to $7.25 billion proposed settlement over thousands of Roundup cancer lawsuits
Read full article: Bayer agrees to $7.25 billion proposed settlement over thousands of Roundup cancer lawsuitsBayer has agreed to a proposed $7.25 billion deal to settle thousands of U.S. lawsuits that blame Roundup for causing cancer.
Judge appears skeptical of Trump’s latest bid to nix his hush money conviction
Read full article: Judge appears skeptical of Trump’s latest bid to nix his hush money convictionA federal judge appears poised to again reject President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction, slamming his lawyers for legal maneuvers he said amounted to taking “two bites at the apple.”.
States scramble to gerrymander US House districts after Trump sought edge in midterm elections
Read full article: States scramble to gerrymander US House districts after Trump sought edge in midterm electionsRepublicans and Democrats in some states are redrawing U.S. House districts to gain an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections.
Supreme Court revives GOP congressman's challenge to late-arriving mail ballot law
Read full article: Supreme Court revives GOP congressman's challenge to late-arriving mail ballot lawThe Supreme Court is reviving a Republican challenge to a law allowing the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports
Read full article: Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women's sportsThe Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams.
Transgender teen athlete in a Supreme Court fight knows the upcoming sports season could be her last
Read full article: Transgender teen athlete in a Supreme Court fight knows the upcoming sports season could be her lastBecky Pepper-Jackson is a 15-year-old in West Virginia who knows the upcoming sports season could be her last.
Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida's congressional districts
Read full article: Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida's congressional districtsGov. Ron DeSantis is calling for a special session in April for Florida’s legislature to redraw congressional districts.
Texas National Guard’s deployment in Illinois blocked by U.S. Supreme Court
Read full article: Texas National Guard’s deployment in Illinois blocked by U.S. Supreme CourtAround 200 Texas National Guard troops were deployed to the Chicago area in early October, despite opposition from local and state governments in Illinois.
It's been 50 years since a lawyer's decision unlocked free agency in MLB and changed sports forever
Read full article: It's been 50 years since a lawyer's decision unlocked free agency in MLB and changed sports foreverSports were turned upside down 50 years ago Tuesday by a man who never threw or kicked a ball.
Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage
Read full article: Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriageJudge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
Supreme Court questions limits on political party spending in federal elections, hearing GOP appeal
Read full article: Supreme Court questions limits on political party spending in federal elections, hearing GOP appealConservative Supreme Court justices appeared to back a Republican-led drive, supported by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.
Llano County library book removals allowed after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge
Read full article: Llano County library book removals allowed after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challengeSeven residents launched a challenge in 2022 to the removal of 17 books, which included topics on race and gender. They won a reinstatement of the titles, but lost on appeal.
Former Colorado clerk will remain in state prison after a federal judge rejects her bid for freedom
Read full article: Former Colorado clerk will remain in state prison after a federal judge rejects her bid for freedomA federal magistrate judge has rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk to be released from prison while she appeals her state conviction for orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.
Supreme Court lets Texas keep new congressional map while legal battle continues
Read full article: Supreme Court lets Texas keep new congressional map while legal battle continuesThe ruling is a major win for the Trump administration and Texas Republicans, who engineered the map to give the GOP control of 30 of the state’s 38 congressional districts.
Missouri court orders new wording for ballot measure seeking to restrict abortion rights
Read full article: Missouri court orders new wording for ballot measure seeking to restrict abortion rightsA Missouri appeals court panel has ordered new wording for a ballot measure seeking to roll back abortion rights in the state.
Supreme Court likely to rule in favor of abortion opponents in challenge to state investigation
Read full article: Supreme Court likely to rule in favor of abortion opponents in challenge to state investigationThe Supreme Court seemed likely on Tuesday to side with a faith-based pregnancy center challenging an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions.
Gerrymandering is spreading across US states after Trump pushed for new congressional districts
Read full article: Gerrymandering is spreading across US states after Trump pushed for new congressional districtsA gerrymandering battle is spreading among states after President Donald Trump pushed for new U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections.
Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas’ new congressional map
Read full article: Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas’ new congressional mapThe administrative ruling is a first step before the court decides whether to pause the use of the 2025 map, drawn to increase GOP seats in the U.S. House, for the rest of the legal battle.
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
Read full article: Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biasedThe U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
Abbott, Republican lawmakers’ comments cited in court order overturning Texas’ congressional gerrymander
Read full article: Abbott, Republican lawmakers’ comments cited in court order overturning Texas’ congressional gerrymanderJudge Jeffrey Brown pointed to comments from the governor and GOP legislators as the basis for his ruling that the new map can’t be used in 2026.
What’s next after a court blocked Texas’ gerrymandered maps
Read full article: What’s next after a court blocked Texas’ gerrymandered mapsThe state is expected to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily pause the ruling, which would allow Texas to use the more recent map while the appeal plays out.
Court order striking down Texas redistricting map upends plans for candidates across the state
Read full article: Court order striking down Texas redistricting map upends plans for candidates across the stateRepublicans who were planning to run for newly gerrymandered districts may have to reassess, while Democrats who were drawn out of their seats could suddenly have a path back to Congress.
Here's what's in the opioid settlement against OxyContin maker Purdue and the Sackler family
Read full article: Here's what's in the opioid settlement against OxyContin maker Purdue and the Sackler familyA bankruptcy court judge has approved the settlement of thousands of lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin.
Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reports
Read full article: Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reportsSeveral media outlets, quoting anonymous federal officials, reported that hundreds of Texas troops could be coming home soon from the Chicago area after their activation was halted by a federal court.
Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of 'catastrophic impact'
Read full article: Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of 'catastrophic impact'President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders.
Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s sweeping unilateral tariffs
Read full article: Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s sweeping unilateral tariffsA majority of Supreme Court justices seem skeptical about President Donald Trump’s ability to unilaterally impose far-reaching tariffs, putting at risk a cornerstone of his agenda in the biggest legal test yet of his boundary-pushing presidency.
A major question for the Supreme Court: Will it treat Trump as it did Biden?
Read full article: A major question for the Supreme Court: Will it treat Trump as it did Biden?A major question hangs over the Supreme Court’s closely watched case on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs: Will the conservative majority hold the Republican president to the same exacting standards it used to limit his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.
Uncertainty grows on when Texans will get SNAP benefits as U.S. Supreme Court emergency order blocks full aid
Read full article: Uncertainty grows on when Texans will get SNAP benefits as U.S. Supreme Court emergency order blocks full aidThe order will expire two days after an appeals court issues a more permanent ruling on the funding while the Trump administration will continue with partial SNAP payments.
Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that could decide who can provide abortion care in the state
Read full article: Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that could decide who can provide abortion care in the stateThe Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that’s expected to determine who can provide abortion care in the state.
Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation
Read full article: Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representationA Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.
Google's Play Store shake-up looms after Supreme Court refuses to delay overhaul of the monopoly
Read full article: Google's Play Store shake-up looms after Supreme Court refuses to delay overhaul of the monopolyThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to protect Google from a year-old order requiring a major makeover of its Android app store.
Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court review
Read full article: Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court reviewNow it's five federal courts that have rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end automatic citizenship for the children of people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily.
Alex Jones asks US Supreme Court to hear appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment
Read full article: Alex Jones asks US Supreme Court to hear appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgmentFar-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the $1.4 billion judgment a Connecticut jury and judge issued against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax.
Chief Justice Roberts keeps in place Trump funding freeze that threatens billions in foreign aid
Read full article: Chief Justice Roberts keeps in place Trump funding freeze that threatens billions in foreign aidChief Justice John Roberts is temporarily keeping in place the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
Read full article: Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizensThe Supreme Court is clearing the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, another victory for President Donald Trump at the high court.
Trump asks Supreme Court for emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen
Read full article: Trump asks Supreme Court for emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozenThe Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen.
In new memoir, Supreme Court Justice Barrett reflects on historic cases, is largely silent on Trump
Read full article: In new memoir, Supreme Court Justice Barrett reflects on historic cases, is largely silent on TrumpSupreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says “violence or threats of violence” against judges shouldn’t be the cost of public service.
Trump can't use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, court rules
Read full article: Trump can't use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, court rulesA federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang.
Texas AG Ken Paxton encourages students to recite Lord’s Prayer in latest test of church-state separation
Read full article: Texas AG Ken Paxton encourages students to recite Lord’s Prayer in latest test of church-state separationThe endorsement comes as Texas elected officials push for more Christianity in public life and as Paxton’s office fights a legal challenge to religion in education.
What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a federal appeals court has knocked them down?
Read full article: What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a federal appeals court has knocked them down?President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products.
Trump's order on flag burning could return the question to the Supreme Court
Read full article: Trump's order on flag burning could return the question to the Supreme CourtPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order challenging a 1989 Supreme Court decision that protects flag burning as free speech.
Federal investigators demanded details on transgender patients from at least 1 hospital
Read full article: Federal investigators demanded details on transgender patients from at least 1 hospitalFederal investigators looking at gender-affirming care providers demanded that at least one hospital hand over information about individual patients.
Texas is fighting to use its new congressional maps in 2026. How does gerrymandering impact Texans?
Read full article: Texas is fighting to use its new congressional maps in 2026. How does gerrymandering impact Texans?From urban cores to rural regions, Texans' needs differ. Experts say districts encompassing geographically distant communities will dilute their voices.
Judge blocks Trump's birthright order nationwide in fourth such ruling since Supreme Court decision
Read full article: Judge blocks Trump's birthright order nationwide in fourth such ruling since Supreme Court decisionA federal judge in Maryland has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, issuing the fourth court decision blocking the president’ birthright citizenship order nationwide since a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June.
Court restricts who can bring voting rights challenges in a case involving voters with disabilities
Read full article: Court restricts who can bring voting rights challenges in a case involving voters with disabilitiesA federal appeals court panel has ruled that private individuals and organizations cannot bring voting rights cases under a section of the law that allows others to assist voters who are blind, have disabilities or are unable to read.
How views of the Supreme Court have changed since 2022 abortion ruling, according to AP-NORC polling
Read full article: How views of the Supreme Court have changed since 2022 abortion ruling, according to AP-NORC pollingA new poll shows Americans’ views of the Supreme Court have moderated somewhat since the court’s standing dropped sharply after its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
Read full article: Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employeesThe Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
Supreme Court keeps hold on Florida immigration law aimed at people in the US illegally
Read full article: Supreme Court keeps hold on Florida immigration law aimed at people in the US illegallyThe Supreme Court has refused to allow Florida to enforce an immigration law making it a crime for people who are living in the U.S. illegally to enter the state.
Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be made permanent
Read full article: Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be made permanentThe Wisconsin Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to permanently enact a ban on conversion therapy.
Appeals court rules against North Dakota tribes in voting rights case that could go to Supreme Court
Read full article: Appeals court rules against North Dakota tribes in voting rights case that could go to Supreme CourtA federal appeals court has upheld its decision against two Native American tribes challenging North Dakota's redistricting map.
Trump and GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that delay counts and feed conspiracy fears
Read full article: Trump and GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that delay counts and feed conspiracy fearsPresident Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day.
Judges consider whether Trump can use wartime act against Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
Read full article: Judges consider whether Trump can use wartime act against Venezuelan gang Tren de AraguaLawyers for the Trump administration and immigrants are sparring in court over whether President Donald Trump can use an 18th century wartime act against a Venezuelan gang.
Supreme Court takes up a Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections
Read full article: Supreme Court takes up a Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal electionsThe Supreme Court will take up a Republican-led drive to wipe away limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.
What to know about the US Supreme Court's ruling on public school lessons using LGBTQ books
Read full article: What to know about the US Supreme Court's ruling on public school lessons using LGBTQ booksThe Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school lesson uses LGBTQ storybooks.
What's next for President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order in the courts
Read full article: What's next for President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order in the courtsA federal judge in New Hampshire has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administration
Read full article: High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administrationThe U.S. Supreme Court’s decision limiting federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions threatens to upend numerous lawsuits that have led to orders blocking Trump administration policies.
Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online
Read full article: Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography onlineTexas' attorney general is praising a Supreme Court ruling upholding a state law aimed at blocking children from seeing pornography online.
Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements
Read full article: Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirementsThe Supreme Court has preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health care coverage requirements, rejecting a challenge from Christian employers to the provision that affects 150 million Americans.
Fate of birthright citizenship order unresolved after Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions
Read full article: Fate of birthright citizenship order unresolved after Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctionsThe ruling was a partial victory for President Donald Trump who has made immigration his signature issue.
Supreme Court meets Friday to decide 6 remaining cases, including birthright citizenship
Read full article: Supreme Court meets Friday to decide 6 remaining cases, including birthright citizenshipThe Supreme Court is meeting Friday to decide the final six cases of its term, including President Donald Trump’s bid to enforce his executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who are in the country illegally.
As appeals court is poised to consider Texas’ Ten Commandments law, other legal challenges mount
Read full article: As appeals court is poised to consider Texas’ Ten Commandments law, other legal challenges mountThe judges opting to hear the cases together marks a significant development in a saga that many believe will reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Once named opponents in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage, now they’re friends
Read full article: Once named opponents in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage, now they’re friendsThe case behind the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide a decade ago is known as Obergefell v.
The number of abortions kept rising in 2024 because of telehealth prescriptions, report finds
Read full article: The number of abortions kept rising in 2024 because of telehealth prescriptions, report findsA new report finds that the number of abortions in the U.S. grew in 2024 as more women obtained pills through telehealth.
Clerk who denied same-sex marriage licenses in 2015 is still fighting Supreme Court's ruling
Read full article: Clerk who denied same-sex marriage licenses in 2015 is still fighting Supreme Court's rulingThe clerk of a tiny Kentucky county who became known for denying same-sex marriage licenses is still fighting the Supreme Court decision 10 years later.
What to know about the Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago that legalized same-sex marriage in the US
Read full article: What to know about the Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago that legalized same-sex marriage in the USA landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago on June 26, 2015, legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S. The Obergefell v.
Families of trans kids worry about what's next after Supreme Court rules on gender-affirming care
Read full article: Families of trans kids worry about what's next after Supreme Court rules on gender-affirming careA U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is leaving transgender children and their parents uncertain and anxious about its impact.
Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and New Mexico
Read full article: Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and New MexicoThe Supreme Court has restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution.
Supreme Court order gives religious organizations new chance to challenge New York abortion rule
Read full article: Supreme Court order gives religious organizations new chance to challenge New York abortion ruleThe Supreme Court is ordering a New York court to take a new look at whether some religious organizations should be excluded from a state regulation requiring health insurance plans to cover abortions.
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center
Read full article: Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy centerThe Supreme Court will hear from a faith-based pregnancy center in New Jersey challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion.
Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits against schools easier
Read full article: Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits against schools easierA teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy has won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.
Federal appeals court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction
Read full article: Federal appeals court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money convictionAs President Donald Trump focuses on global trade deals and dispatching troops to aid his immigration crackdown, his lawyers are fighting to erase the hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the first former — and now current — U.S. president found guilty of a crime.
Southern Baptist delegates at national meeting overwhelmingly call for banning same-sex marriage
Read full article: Southern Baptist delegates at national meeting overwhelmingly call for banning same-sex marriageSouthern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed banning same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.
Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions for some rape cases to abortion ban
Read full article: Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions for some rape cases to abortion banLouisiana lawmakers have for the third consecutive year rejected a bill that would have added some rape cases to the narrow list of exceptions to the state’s abortion ban.
Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions
Read full article: Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortionsThe Trump administration has announced that it is revoking guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
Trump asks the Supreme Court to clear the way for federal downsizing plans
Read full article: Trump asks the Supreme Court to clear the way for federal downsizing plansPresident Donald Trump’s administration has renewed its request for the Supreme Court to clear the way for plans to downsize the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds.