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Megan Pratz is the new Political Editor, Sue Davis is now NPR Political Correspondent and Deirdre Walsh is Congressional Correspondent → Read More
Washington Desk staffing update: Ashley Lopez & Ximena Bustillo join the team → Read More
Washington Desk staffing updates for Arnie Seipel and Deepa Shivaram → Read More
It's the first major gun case at the court since 2008 when the court ruled that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms grants individuals the right to keep a gun at home for self-defense. → Read More
The Justice Department wants the high court to put the restrictive law on hold during ongoing legal challenges. The U.S. government says the legislation is unconstitutional. → Read More
The justice has been vaccinated since January. As a result of his positive test, he will not attend Justice Amy Coney Barrett's investiture ceremony. → Read More
"If the Democrats can do it, the Republicans can do it," Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told NPR's Nina Totenberg. → Read More
But the justice was philosophical about the outcome: "I wrote a dissent — and that's the way it works," he said. The decision was part of what court watchers call the "shadow docket." → Read More
In an interview with NPR, the 83-year-old said: "When exactly I should retire, or will retire, has many complex parts to it. I think I'm aware of most of them, and I ... will consider them." → Read More
The court's six conservative justices said the CDC exceeded its authority by issuing the two-month pause on evictions in much of the country. → Read More
President Biden on Saturday recognized the World War I-era mass killing and deportation of Armenians as genocide — a move that could make Turkey angry. → Read More
Republicans were scathing in their response to the measure, but the bill has a grim future even without their opposition. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she has no plans to bring it to the floor. → Read More
Friday's announcement comes amid a debate over the composition of the nine-member court that now has a 6-3 conservative majority. → Read More
The court on Monday also paved the way for a New York grand jury to obtain the former president's financial records. → Read More
The case – Tanzin v Tanvir — involved three Muslim men who said their religious-freedom rights were violated when FBI agents tried to use the no-fly list to force them into becoming informants. → Read More
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats pressed Amy Coney Barrett about her criticism of the legal opinion that saved Obamacare. But she noted that case differs from the one before the court on Nov. 10. → Read More
Separately, President Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat made vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tested negative for the coronavirus, a White House spokesman says. → Read More
Separately, President Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat made vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tested negative for the coronavirus, a White House spokesman said. → Read More
President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court was contacted about the job a day after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to paperwork required for the confirmation process. → Read More
The president has said that his Supreme Court nominees will come from among a list of names that he first released as a candidate and has since updated. → Read More