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US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies
Ruling by the court, which has a Republican super majority, undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act. The US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a ...The Guardian - 1d -
Behind Mexico's Supreme Court arguments against U.S. gunmakers
Justices in the Supreme Court appeared skeptical of Mexico's arguments to hold U.S. gun companies accountable for its country's violence. CBS News' Jan Crawford reports.CBS News - 22h -
Supreme Court Deals Blow to E.P.A. in Dispute Over Federal Water Rules
The 5-to-4 decision is the latest setback for the agency and could have sweeping implications for curtailing water pollution offshore.The New York Times - 22h -
Supreme Court ruling makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges
The Supreme Court's decision is the latest in which conservative justices have reined in pollution control efforts.CBS News - 22h -
Supreme Court battle spotlights guns trafficked from US into Mexico
In a historic case, the Supreme Court is considering whether American gun manufacturers can be held liable for gun violence in Mexico.ABC News - 20h -
Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Mexico’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Gun Makers
A majority of the justices seemed to question Mexico’s claim that it could prove a direct chain linking arms manufacturers to drug cartel violence.The New York Times - 19h -
Supreme Court steps into debate over where to store nuclear waste
The Supreme Court will consider a dispute over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's license allowing thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste to be stored in West Texas.CBS News - 19h -
Supreme Court takes on dispute over nuclear waste storage sites
The Supreme Court will decide a high-stakes dispute over the storage of highly toxic nuclear waste at privately run U.S. facilities far from reactors.ABC News - 7h -
Supreme Court rules Trump administration must unfreeze foreign aid payments
A divided Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funds to nonprofit aid groups.ABC News - 2h -
US Supreme Court upholds order forcing foreign aid payments
Decision marks further legal blow to White House attempts to slash government spendingFinancial Times - 2h -
Supreme Court wrestles with dispute over nuclear waste storage in Texas
The case focuses on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of a project to store spent nuclear fuel at a remote site in southwest Texas.NBC News - 18m -
Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's bid to avoid paying USAID contractors
The Supreme Court ensured the Trump administration must pay up to $2 billion to U.S. Agency for International Development contractors even as it works to dismantle the agency at a breakneck pace.NBC News - 27m -
Supreme Court won't lift lower court order unfreezing $2 billion in foreign aid
The Supreme Court split 5-4 in denying the request from the Trump administration.CBS News - 3h -
US supreme court temporarily blocks firing of head of federal whistleblower protection office
Trump administration is seeking to oust Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counsel. The US supreme court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that ...The Guardian - Feb. 22 -
Supreme Court maintains pause on Trump bid to immediately fire watchdog agency head
The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, weighs in on a case involving the new Trump administration for the first time.NBC News - Feb. 22 -
Supreme Court rejects challenges to abortion clinic 'buffer zone' laws that restrict protesters
The Supreme Court declined to consider overturning a 24-year-old precedent that upheld "buffer zone" laws limiting how close protesters can get to abortion clinic entrances.NBC News - Feb. 24 -
Supreme Court turns down chance to claw back abortion clinic buffer zones
The Supreme Court turned down an opportunity to overturn its precedent permitting buffer zones around abortion clinics over the objections of two of the court’s leading conservatives. In two ...The Hill - Feb. 24 -
Supreme Court turns away bid to overturn ruling on abortion clinic buffer zones
The Supreme Court turned away two appeals asking the justices to overrule a 25-year-old decision that allowed for buffer zones around abortion clinics.CBS News - Feb. 24 -
Supreme Court appears swayed by Texas death row inmate’s request for DNA testing
The Supreme Court appeared swayed by a Texas death row inmate’s argument he has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing, as he seeks to obtain testing on evidence he ...The Hill - Feb. 24 -
Supreme Court declines to take up challenge to Tennessee law restricting drag shows
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a Tennessee law restricting some drag performances, allowing the first-in-the-nation law to remain largely intact. In a brief, unsigned ...The Hill - Feb. 24 -
Supreme Court Justices Appear Narrowly Divided Over Death Row Prisoner Plea for DNA Testing
The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.The New York Times - Feb. 24 -
Supreme Court orders new trial for Richard Glossip after decades on death row
The Supreme Court ordered that an Oklahoma man convicted of murder, Richard Glossip, who has been scheduled for execution nine times, must now receive a new trial.ABC News - Feb. 25 -
Supreme Court throws out Oklahoma death row inmate's conviction over flawed trial
The Supreme Court threw out Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip’s murder conviction because a key witness lied in court and prosecutors withheld information about him.NBC News - Feb. 25 -
Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate.CBS News - Feb. 25 -
How FDR-era Supreme Court ruling relates to disputes over Trump firings
President Trump's firings of the members of independent agencies and boards have prompted a string of legal fights that could set the Supreme Court up to reconsider and potentially overturn a ...CBS News - Feb. 25 -
U.S. Supreme Court rules Oklahoma death row inmate is entitled to new trial
Richard Glossip was convicted of murdering his boss more than twenty years ago, and has been on death row in Oklahoma ever since. Glossip has always maintained his innocence. After a years-long ...NBC News - Feb. 26 -
Supreme Court to hear case of woman alleging she was demoted because she is heterosexual
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case that could change how the courts look at discrimination claims in the workplace. Marlean Ames, a state government employee in Ohio, sued, arguing she ...CBS News - Feb. 26 -
Trump administration goes to Supreme Court to stave off midnight deadline to unfreeze foreign aid
The Justice Department filed an emergency application at the Supreme Court Wednesday asking to block a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in blocked ...The Hill - 6d -
Supreme Court briefly pauses order for Trump admin to imminently release foreign aid
Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily delayed a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, imposed by a lower judge who found the ...The Hill - 6d -
Supreme Court turns away college bias response team challenge as Thomas, Alito dissent
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away another opportunity to weigh the constitutionality of college bias response teams. Over the dissents of conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel ...The Hill - 2d -
UAE Supreme Court upholds sentences issued in mass trial of dissidents widely criticized abroad
The United Arab Emirates’ Federal Supreme Court has rejected appeals on behalf of dozens of dissidents convicted in a mass trial that faced widespread international criticismABC News - 1d -
Supreme Court likely to shoot down Mexico's $10B lawsuit against US gun makers
The Supreme Court appears likely to block a historic $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers brought by the government of Mexico.ABC News - 18h -
Supreme Court seems poised to block Mexico's lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers
There is only one store in Mexico where people can legally purchase firearms, but hundreds of thousands of guns are making it into the hands of cartel members each year. The Mexican government says ...CBS News - 17h -
Supreme Court denies Trump administration request to cancel $2 billion in foreign aid
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 emergency ruling Wednesday refused to halt a judge’s decision ordering the Trump administration to immediately release nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments owed ...The Hill - 3h -
US supreme court upholds order requiring USAid to pay foreign aid groups – live
In a legal loss for the Trump administration, three liberal justices, John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett cast the 5-4 majority votes. Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau will speak today, Reuters ...The Guardian - 33m -
China’s Xi affirms 'no limits' partnership with Putin in call on Ukraine war anniversary
Chinese President Xi Jinping affirmed his “no limits” partnership in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, China’s state media reported, on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion ...NBC News - Feb. 25 -
Ukraine parliament affirms no elections during wartime in rebuff to Trump
The resolution is a rebuff to U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who suggested Zelenskyy is illegitimate because he has not held elections.ABC News - Feb. 25 -
House Democrats call on Trump to rescind order against gender-affirming care
More than 80 House Democrats are calling on President Trump to revoke an executive order to broadly restrict access to gender-affirming health care for transgender young people, alleging the ...The Hill - 6d -
After Shareholders Affirm Apple’s Diversity Policies, Trump Steps In
Presidential pressure targets the tech giant’s rejection of a plan to roll back DEI measure, including a threat of possible Justice Department investigations.Inc. - Feb. 26 -
Judge extends block on Trump gender-affirming care federal funding ban
A federal judge extended a temporary injunction on Friday blocking the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender ...The Hill - 3d