The Supreme Court appeared divided Thursday about whether to scale back nationwide orders that have blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship, in a case with implications ...

Melissa covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday pressed an attorney for the federal government on how President ...

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready Thursday to place some limits on the power of single federal district judges to freeze presidential actions nationwide, in oral arguments over the ...

The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency bid by the Trump administration to resume deportations without due process under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) — an archaic law that allows the ...

WASHINGTON − In what could be its biggest blockbuster case of the year, the Supreme Court on May 15 will take up one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial executive orders ...

In an emergency application, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to revoke protections provided to migrants from troubled countries. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from ...

In a case making it easier to challenge police unreasonable force in court, the Supreme Court Thursday unanimously permitted the mother of a Houston man killed in a 2016 traffic stop to continue ...

WASHINGTON −The Supreme Court on May 16 continued to block the Trump administration from using a 1798 wartime law to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants who said they had not been given a real ...

Washington — Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who was a steady member of the high court's liberal wing during his tenure despite being appointed by a Republican president, died Thursday.

By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration may start enforcing a ban on transgender troops serving in the military that had been ...

When the Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over President Trump’s challenge to automatic birthright citizenship, the immigration spat could take a backseat to a more contested legal ...

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Thursday on a challenge to President Donald Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship, and crucially, whether lower courts that have blocked Trump's ...