Education Jan 24 Supreme Court to hear challenge to affirmative action in college admissions The conservative-dominated Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions, adding affirmative action to major cases on abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 already on the agenda.
Politics Jan 24 WATCH: Pentagon says 8,500 troops placed on heightened alert amid tensions in Ukraine At President Biden's direction, the Pentagon is putting about 8,500 U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for potential deployment to Europe amid rising fears of a possible Russian military move on Ukraine.
Politics Jan 20 Supreme Court makes ruling strengthening a defendant’s right to cross-examine witnesses By an 8-1 vote, the justices held that defendant Darrell Hemphill's constitutional rights were violated when a judge allowed jurors to read another man's testimony that prosecutors used to undermine Hemphill's defense.
Politics Jan 19 Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump presidential documents In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of presidential documents sought by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Nation Jan 13 Supreme Court halts Biden policy creating COVID-19 vaccine or test rules for U.S. businesses The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.
Politics Jan 07 LISTEN: Supreme Court holds special session on vaccine requirements The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears skeptical of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers.
Politics Dec 23 Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of documents to Jan. 6 committee Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Nation Dec 16 Supreme Court returns Texas abortion case to appeals court In last week's majority opinion written by Gorsuch, the Supreme Court limited who can be sued by the clinics in their effort to win a court order preventing the law's enforcement and allowing them to resume providing abortions without severe…
Nation Dec 10 Supreme Court allowing Texas abortion ban to remain in place The court acted Friday, more than a month after hearing arguments over the law that makes abortion illegal after cardiac activity is detected in an embryo.
Politics Dec 01 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks After nearly two hours of arguments on Wednesday, all six conservative justices, including three appointed by former President Donald Trump, indicated they would uphold the Mississippi law.