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US attorney general Todd Blanche says justice department will ask high court for help after lower court rejected policyThe Trump administration will ask the US supreme court to allow it to deport immigrants to countries other than their own, the latest…
Read MoreSurrogate who rejected abortion request had asked justices to halt court order recognizing LA couple as legal parentsThe supreme court has refused to get involved with a custody dispute between an Alaska surrogate and a California couple whose child wa…
Read MoreThe extraordinary danger is that a president who believes he is the law, and the law is him, remains intent on disrupting the electoral processThis was originally published in The Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. Sign up to get it…
Read MoreThis live blog is now closed.Sign up for US Breaking News emailsKash Patel, the FBI director, is now testifying before lawmakers on the Senate judiciary committee. A reminder that the last time he appeared before Congress was in May, when he sparred wi…
Read MoreDecision allows states to send ballots under process followed for years even as president tried to limit systemThe supreme court on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for now, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with votin…
Read MoreThis live blog is now closed.Supreme court rejects Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for midterm electionsSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has claimed there is a “SICK conspiracy” against artificial intelligence and data centers in res…
Read MoreLatest decision appears to set the stage for the state to use its old electoral maps this yearThe US supreme court again rejected a push backed by Donald Trump to overhaul Missouri’s congressional maps in an effort to hand Republicans an edge in Novemb…
Read MoreAppeal against federal panel’s approval of Trump-backed maps is latest move in legal back-and-forth spanning four courtsA high-stakes legal battle over Missouri’s congressional map returned on Wednesday to the US supreme court, after a series of confli…
Read MoreLegal fight continues as states begin sending out ballots for voters to vote by mail in November’s midterm electionsThe Trump administration renewed its appeal to the US supreme court on Sunday to allow restrictions on mail-in voting, after a federal j…
Read MoreState decides to proceed hours after Trump administration asks supreme court to let it carry out proposed crackdownNorth Carolina became the first state to start sending out mail-in ballots for November’s US midterm elections on Friday, as Donald Trump…
Read MoreJustices’ 5-4 ruling permits Trump administration appeal to block lower court order halting above-ground workA divided US supreme court has permitted Donald Trump to continue building his controversial $400m White House ballroom despite legal challenge…
Read MoreCongressman says Thomas abandoned his principles to become an extremist, hard-right member of benchSenior Democratic congressman James Clyburn said his decision to support Clarence Thomas for a US supreme court seat “was a mistake” and called for the e…
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