
The Independent - 16 hours 48 min ago
A final appeal was still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court...

Newser - 17 hours 4 sec ago
Sonia Sotomayor took the unusual step of reading aloud her blistering dissent to a Supreme Court ruling on asylum seekers on Thursday, and the author of the majority opinion appeared to be none too happy with her, reports the Hill . When Sotomayor wrapped up after about 10 minutes, Samuel Alito...

Mother Jones - 17 hours 25 min ago
On Thursday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) will introduce a resolution that calls for the Department of Justice to rescind a memo issued last week that contests the longstanding interpretation of the Supreme Court’s 1999 Olmstead v. L.C. decision, a landmark case that limits states’ power to compel people to live in psychiatric and other institutions, […]...

The Conversation - 17 hours 50 min ago
One law generally shields foreign governments and companies they own from lawsuits in US courts. Another lets many Cuban cases proceed, according to a new ruling.

The Hill - 17 hours 54 min ago
The Supreme Court will hand down opinions Thursday as suspense builds before its summer recess, with a dozen high-profile cases awaiting decisions. President Trump will meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday afternoon at the White House as they try to plot a path forward on a third budget reconciliation bill and the...

The Guardian - 17 hours 56 min ago
Trump suddenly scrapped the signing of a pivotal bipartisan housing bill yesterday, demanding the Senate pass his voter ID bill Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. A dramatic day is in store in Washington DC as Donald Trump heads for a crucial meeting with Mike Johnson, the House speaker, in an attempt to break a legislative gridlock as huge political fireworks have detonated on Capitol Hill far ahead of anything resembling a Fourth of July celebration. Maryland's Democratic US Senator...

Mother Jones - 18 hours 55 min ago
After spending more than four decades studying abortion in American social, medical, and political culture, Carole Joffe was fully prepared for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022. "Dobbs itself wasn’t that scary to me," she says. "It was upsetting and politically outrageous, but because of our work, we knew abortion wasn’t […]...

Newser - 19 hours 25 min ago
The Supreme Court has struck down a law in Hawaii that put strict limits on where people could carry guns. In a 6-3 decision Thursday, the court said Hawaii violated the Second Amendment by barring people from carrying guns onto privately owned property that's open to the public think gas...

Newser - 20 hours 15 min ago
A new Supreme Court ruling has the potential to upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the US. The court on Thursday said the Trump administration can end temporary protected status, or TPS, for Haitians and Syrians, clearing the way for the government to start deportations of...

Newser - 20 hours 24 min ago
The nation's top court just handed Monsanto a major win in the long war over Roundup. In a 7-2 ruling Thursday, the Supreme Court said federal law blocks most state lawsuits accusing the company of failing to warn that its popular weed killer can cause cancer dramatically shrinking a legal...

The Hill - 20 hours 25 min ago
Four states could have abortion ballot measures in November, giving Democrats an opportunity to push the issue back into the national spotlight and make life uncomfortable for Republicans. Voter anger about abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 helped propel Democrats to a series of midterm victories that year. But...

Newser - 20 hours 38 min ago
Asylum seekers who haven't physically crossed into the US don't get to claim asylum here, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday, reports the New York Times . In a closely watched 6 3 decision that split along ideological lines, the justices said the federal government can lawfully turn back migrants approaching official border...

NPR - 21 hours 25 min ago
A confusing patchwork of state laws began to take shape hours after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. Here's where things stand now on the abortion issue.