Nov 01 Supreme Court Justice Roberts puts handover of Trump tax returns to Congress on hold By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Roberts' order gives the Supreme Court time to weigh the legal issues in Trump's emergency appeal to the high court, filed Monday. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 5:01 What's at stake in the Supreme Court affirmative action cases On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases seeking to overturn decades-old precedents that have allowed colleges to factor race into admissions decisions in order to create diverse student bodies. Opponents of the practice say that… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 5:00 News Wrap: Supreme Court refuses Trump request in Mar-a-Lago documents case In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused former President Trump's request for an independent arbiter to examine classified White House documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate, the U.S. Labor Department turned in another tough report on inflation… Continue watching
Oct 12 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments over copyright of an Andy Warhol image of musician Prince By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The case affects artists, authors, filmmakers, museums and movie studios. Some amount of copying is acceptable under the law as “fair use,” while larger scale appropriation of a work constitutes copyright infringement. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 7:02 News Wrap: Biden reevaluating relations with Saudi Arabia after oil production cut In our news wrap Tuesday, the White House confirmed President Biden is reevaluating relations with Saudi Arabia after OPEC cut oil production, the Supreme Court heard arguments on requirements that pork sold in California must meet animal cruelty standards regardless… Continue watching
Oct 11 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on animal welfare in pork industry and death penalty case By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The Supreme Court is weighing a California animal cruelty law that pork producers say could upend their industry and raise the cost of pork products nationwide. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: OPEC drastically cuts oil production to boost sagging prices In our news wrap Wednesday, OPEC is drastically cutting oil production by two million barrels a day to boost sagging prices, Russian President Putin signed documents today to annex four regions of Ukraine as the Russian military is losing its… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 10:07 Supreme Court hears redistricting cases with major implications for future elections By John Yang, Lisa Desjardins The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a big case about the role of race in drawing congressional maps. The specific question at issue is whether Alabama's map violates what's left of the Voting Rights Act, which bars discriminatory practices… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 7:42 Former Pence chief of staff Marc Short on tensions within Republican Party Donald Trump's influence over Republicans still looms large, but the numerous ongoing investigations surrounding the former president are also raising serious questions for the GOP. Marc Short worked in the Trump White House and was later chief of staff to… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 7:38 University makes major push for diversity without considering race, gender in admissions By John Yang, Cat Wise Past Supreme Court rulings have allowed colleges to consider race in their admissions processes and about 40 percent do. But the justices will soon revisit the issue and could overturn years of precedent. John Yang visited a university making a… Continue watching