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An asylum seeker from Ecuador hugs her father as he is detained by federal agents, July 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)

Supreme Court considers letting Trump administration revive restrictive immigration asylum policy

March 24, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether the Trump administration should be able to revive an immigration policy that has been used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the...

FILE – The Supreme Court is seen, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Trump administration criticizes court rulings slowing immigration agenda in Supreme Court appeal

March 9, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

The Trump administration is criticizing lower court judges who have slowed its efforts to strip legal protections from a broad swath of migrants living in the U.S.

Cars drive by a Mercedes-Benz dealership on the Bedford Automile in Bedford, Ohio, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

More than 20 states, including Illinois, sue over new global tariffs Trump imposed after his stinging Supreme Court loss

March 5, 2026 at 12:19 p.m.

Some two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.

FILE – The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Supreme Court blocks law against schools outing transgender students to their parents in California

March 2, 2026 at 8:05 p.m.

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student’s approval, granting an emergency appeal from a...

FILE – President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

3 months after rapidly scheduled arguments, the Supreme Court has yet to decide on Trump’s tariffs

January 28, 2026 at 8:38 a.m.

When the Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a similarly rapid resolution seemed possible.

With the Supreme Court Building under renovations, the justices hear oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s push to expand control over independent federal agencies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chief Justice says Constitution remains ‘firm and unshaken’ with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

December 31, 2025 at 7:27 p.m.

Roberts said the nation’s founding documents remain “firm and unshaken,” a reference to a century-old quote from President Calvin Coolidge.

President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump signs order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug

December 18, 2025 at 1:29 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

A message from the National Women’s Law Center concerning the announcement by the Trump administration of restoring only half funding the SNAP benefits is projected on the U.S. Department of Agriculture building, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Democrats seize on the Trump administration’s efforts to fight federal food aid payments

November 8, 2025 at 4:23 p.m.

The Trump administration’s efforts to fight having to fully fund food stamps for millions of vulnerable Americans is creating an opening for Democrats eager to use the shutdown to paint...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media after visiting the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Fadel Senna/Pool Photo via AP)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says mediators of Gaza ceasefire shared information to uncover a recent threat

October 25, 2025 at 6:48 p.m.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that Israel, the U.S. and the other mediators of the Gaza ceasefire deal are sharing information to disrupt any threats and that allowed...

FILE – The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

October 20, 2025 at 9:42 a.m.

The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since...

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