50 h. ago Lawsuit filed against immigration authorities after U.S. citizen's arrests in raids

A U.S. citizen who is a construction worker in Alabama has filed a federal lawsuit after he says he was detained twice by immigration agents within just a few weeks

Events

53 h. ago Supreme Court declines Trump’s request to immediately remove Lisa Cook from Federal Reserve board

Justices will revisit Trump’s request to remove Lisa Cook as a Federal Reserve governor in January

Politics

53 h. ago Supreme Court blocks Trump from immediately firing Fed’s Lisa Cook

Justices defer decision on president’s bid to sack central banker until January 2026

Politics

64 h. ago The government shutdown will halt some work at a diminished Education Department

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Trump administration

Politics

6 d. ago Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren't American citizens

Politics

6 d. ago Trump administration asks Supreme Court to review executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship: report

Appeal claims lower courts ‘invalidated a policy of prime importance to the president’

Politics

6 d. ago Supreme Court says Trump is allowed to freeze $4 billion in funding, overriding Congress’s spending power

Trump had deemed $4 billion in foreign aid funding wasteful

Economics

7 d. ago Lisa Cook urges supreme court to reject Trump’s bid to fire her from Fed board

Cook’s lawyers say president’s unprecedented move would destroy Fed’s independence and disrupt financial marketsFederal Reserve governor Lisa Cook urged the US supreme court on Thursday to reject Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her, telling the justices the Republican president’s unprecedented move would destroy the central bank’s independence and disrupt financial markets.Lawyers for Cook filed a written response opposing the justice department’s 18 September emergency request to lift a federal judge’s order that blocked Trump from immediately removing Cook, an appointee of Democratic former president Joe Biden, while her legal challenge continues. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen urge Supreme Court to let Lisa Cook keep her job as a Fed governor

Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and other former top economic officials appointed by presidents of both parties are urging the Supreme Court to preserve the Federal Reserve’s political independence and allow Lisa Cook to remain as a central bank governor for now

Society

1 week ago Supreme Court decision on Trump’s firing of Cook looms over the Fed

President could purge other top officials if justices allow him to remove the central banker

Politics

1 week ago Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump’s power to shape agencies by overturning 90

The Supreme Court will consider expanding President Donald Trump’s power to shape independent agencies by overturning a nearly century-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members

Politics

1 week ago Listening to the Law review – Amy Coney Barrett offers little comfort about state of US law

Conservative US supreme court justice’s memoir affirms that she is first and foremost a Trump appointeeIn June 2024, a divided US supreme court handed Donald Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card. Across 43 pages, chief justice John Roberts demolished the long-held belief that a president is not above the law. For Trump, who once bragged that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it, Christmas had come early.Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump appointee, joined the majority but voiced doubt all the same.Listening to the Law is published in the US by Penguin Random House Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it limit sex designations on passports for transgender and nonbinary Americans

A federal judge had blocked the policy, saying that it violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause and was ‘built on a foundation of irrational prejudice’

Politics

2 w. ago Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from Venezuelan migrants

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing it to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants

Events

2 w. ago White House asks supreme court to halt judge’s order on passport sex markers for trans people

Judge’s order order allows transgender or non-binary people to request a male, female or ‘X’ markerThe Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to halt a judge’s order allowing transgender and non-binary people to choose the sex marker on their passports.The justice department filed an emergency request to lift a federal judge’s order that bars the US state department from enforcing a Trump-directed policy. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Trump asks Supreme Court to halt order letting transgender people choose passport sex markers

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order allowing transgender and nonbinary people to choose the sex marker on their passports

Politics

2 w. ago Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire Fed governor Lisa Cook

A ruling by the US’s top court could lead to landmark decision on independence of the country’s central bank

Events

2 w. ago Affirmative action opponent's next target: A private school with admissions preference for Hawaiians

A private school founded by a Hawaiian princess gives admissions preference to Native Hawaiian applicants

Events

3 w. ago Brazil's Bolsonaro faces final votes by Supreme Court's justices in his attempted coup trial

Brazil’s Supreme Court is to deliver the final two votes by its justices on former President Jair Bolsonaro alleged coup attempt — votes that could send the far-right politician to prison within weeks and deeply impact the nation’s politics

Politics

3 w. ago Trump gets big Supreme Court win and is allowed to freeze billions in foreign aid — for now

Government lawyers claimed unfreezing aid poses ‘grave and urgent threat’ to the presidency

Politics