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  • 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
  • Books that feature LGBTQ charactersPolitics

    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
  • Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States peer through their plane window as they arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Politics

    Supreme Court lets Trump continue to deport Venezuelans under 18th century wartime law—but only after they get a court hearing

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Chief Justice John Roberts attends President Donald Trump's addressPolitics

    Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts pauses midnight deadline to return Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador prison

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Scaffolding on the US Supreme Court in Washington, DCPolitics

    Supreme Court weighs fate of $8 billion telecom subsidy that funds phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas

    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 Supreme Court pick joins majority to reject president’s bid to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid

    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)Environment

    The Supreme Court is wading into a battle over what to do with 100,000 tons of nuclear waste dating back to the 1980s that’s growing every year

    By The Associated Press and Mark Sherman