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FILE – Associate Justice Samuel Alito joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, Oct. 7, 2022, at the Supreme Court building in Washington. Alito rejects calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies

May 29, 2024 at 3:41 p.m.

Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew...

FILE – Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

May 15, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the...

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, on Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What to know about the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump

April 23, 2024 at 6:59 a.m.

The case, to be argued Thursday, stems from Trump’s attempts to have charges against him dismissed. Lower courts have found he cannot claim for actions that, prosecutors say, illegally sought...

Taylor Swift drops 15 new songs on double album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’

April 19, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.

At midnight, Taylor Swift released her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” At 2 a.m., she released “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology,” featuring 15 additional songs.

App logos for Facebook, left, and X, formerly known as Twitter, are seen on a mobile phone in Los Angeles, Saturday, March 16, 2024. The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute Monday, March 18, between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics like COVID-19 and election security. The case involves posts on Facebook, X and other media platforms. (AP Photo/Paula Ulichney)

Supreme Court seems favorable to Biden administration over efforts to combat social media posts

March 21, 2024 at 6:32 p.m.

The Supreme Court seems likely to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media...

Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Supreme Court sets April arguments over whether Trump can be prosecuted for election interference

February 28, 2024 at 5:07 p.m.

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election. The court will hear arguments in April,...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Special counsel asks Supreme Court to let Trump’s 2020 election case proceed to trial without delay

February 14, 2024 at 5:59 p.m.

Special counsel Jack Smith has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case proceed to trial without further delay. Prosecutors were responding Wednesday...

Trump asks Supreme Court to put off his election interference trial, claiming immunity

February 12, 2024 at 4:48 p.m.

Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial and ultimately find him immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to...

Thomas Hofeller, center, attends a 1998 House Government and Oversight Census Subcommittee meeting regarding the use of statistical sampling in the 2000 census.

Discovered files show Republican gerrymandering expert behind census citizenship question

August 22, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

A Republican redistricting expert advocated for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census to give an electoral edge to white people and Republicans, opponents of the move alleged in...

Limited version of Trump’s travel ban to take effect Thursday

August 22, 2019 at 4:54 a.m.

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to the U.S. Trump hailed...

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