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    Brett Kavanaugh says letting Trump fire Lisa Cook ‘would weaken, if not shatter, the independence of the Federal Reserve’

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • A worker shovels snow and ice in front of the Supreme Court building during the first snowfall of the winter season on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Politics

    Supreme Court to reconsider a 90-year-old unanimous ruling that limits presidential power on removing heads of independent agencies

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The State Capitol is seen in Austin, Texas, on June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)Politics

    Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito blocks ruling that found the Texas redistricting map pushed by Trump likely discriminates on race

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
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    Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Law

    Trump asks Supreme Court to back his limits on birthright citizenship and upend how the 14th Amendment’s been interpreted for 125 years

    By Mark Sherman, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others
  • Charlie KirkPolitics

    Trump: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at a Utah college event

    By The Associated Press, Hannah Schoenbaum, and others
  • President Donald Trump, with a black background behind him, speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington.Law

    Trump is leaning on an obscure 1970s-era budget loophole to keep $5 billion in foreign aid frozen

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Politics

    Supreme Court says Trump can lay off 1,400 at Education Department, allowing him to send department functions ‘BACK TO THE STATES’

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts speaks during a lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Politics

    Chief Justice Roberts warns against elected officials’ heated political words about judges

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Politics

    Supreme Court unanimously sides with Ohio woman claiming she was demoted for being straight—making it easier for others to claim ‘reverse discrimination’

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 15: A police officer is seen outside the Supreme Court of the United States is seen on Thursday May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The court is hearing arguments about lower courts ability to block President Donald Trump’s policy to end birthright citzenship. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)Politics

    Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, smiles after speaking during a dedication ceremony at the State Supreme Courthouse in Concord, N.H., July 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)Politics

    Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a ‘stealth’ Republican nominee who became a liberal favorite, dies at 85

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)Politics

    Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it strip legal protection from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants

    By Mark Sherman, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others
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    Some Maryland parents want the Supreme Court to let them pull their kids from elementary school classes if story time features gay characters

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA’s Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    Supreme Court tells Trump administration to work to bring back Maryland man it mistakenly deported to notorious El Salvador prison

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press