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By Caitlin Yilek May 7, 2026 / 6:43 PM EDT A federal judge on Thursday found that the Trump administration's broad termination of National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unlawful and unconstitutional. In April...
Updated on: May 2, 2026 / 7:50 PM EDT / CBS/AP Danco Laboratories asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to block a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that curtailed mail-order access to the abortion...
The maker of mifepristone filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to stay an appeals-court ruling that requires the abortion pill to be picked up in person. The request seeks to...
Legal experts say the Federal Communications Commission would face steep legal and procedural hurdles if it tried to strip Disney of the broadcast licenses for its ABC television stations.
What the Court held\n- The majority said that, even when a legislature is trying to remedy potential vote dilution under Section 2, race cannot be treated as the predominant factor in drawing district lines. Because the...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s remedial congressional map that created two majority-Black districts, ruling that compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act could not alone justify the...
By Arden Farhi April 28, 2026 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche asked a federal judge to revisit an order that paused above-ground construction of a new White House ballroom, arguing a recent shooting connected to...
April 27, 2026 — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Defense Department may require reporters to be escorted on Pentagon grounds while the Biden administration appeals a lower court decision that limited a new...
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Florida couple who argued their parental rights were violated by a school board policy — since revised — that had barred staff from notifying them when their...
Updated April 21, 2026 A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas statute that requires public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
A Justice Department official said Saturday that Joseph DiGenova, a conservative attorney who represented former President Donald Trump in post-2020 election legal challenges, has been appointed to help lead the...
By Daniel Klaidman Updated April 17, 2026 / 7:25 PM EDT The career federal prosecutor who had been leading the Miami criminal investigation into whether former CIA Director John Brennan lied to Congress is no longer...
