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Supreme Court throws out Oklahoma man Richard Glossip’s murder conviction and death sentence

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The justices on Tuesday found that Glossip's trial violated his constitutional rights.

Supreme Court won’t hear cases from anti-abortion activists on protest limits

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion demonstrations near clinics violate their First Amendment rights.

LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case about a Texas man on death row suing for access to DNA testing

By Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn’t kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago.

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Trump from firing head of whistleblower office

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda.

Supreme Court should keep head of whistleblower agency in place, lawyers say in reply to Trump

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The legal fight over the administration's move to oust Hampton Dellinger as the leader of the Office of Special Counsel is the first to reach the Supreme Court of an anticipated steady stream of pleas from lawyers for President Donald…

What to know about state proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek to end pregnancies

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Lawmakers in some states are pushing measures to crack down on abortion pills or penalize women who obtain abortions.

How the courts have (so far) pushed back on Trump’s attempts to expand presidential power

By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

Now the question is whether the court rulings are a mere speed bump or an insurmountable roadblock for the Republican president.

The history and legacy of birthright citizenship in the U.S.

By Stephanie Sy, Maea Lenei Buhre

On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order to end universal birthright citizenship and limit it at birth to people with at least one parent who is a permanent resident or citizen. A federal judge put…

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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban if not sold by Chinese, Trump has promised a solution

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The court held Friday the risk to national security posed by TikTok's ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the U.S. A sale does not appear imminent.

Read the full Supreme Court ruling upholding ban on TikTok if not sold by Chinese parent company

The court’s decision Friday means new users won’t be able to download the app and updates won’t be available, but it won’t disappear from users’ phones.