Supreme Court allows DOGE staffers to access Social Security data
June 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access personal Social Security Administration…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause a court order to reinstate Education Department employees who were fired in mass layoffs…
US Supreme Court grants DOGE access to sensitive Social Security data | Donald Trump News
The United States Supreme Court has sided with the administration of President Donald Trump in two cases about government records — and who should have…
Supreme Court frees DOGE employees to search Social Security records
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the DOGE team that had been led by Elon Musk to examine Social Security records that include…
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow further Education Department dismantling
June 6 (UPI) -- Federal officials on Friday filed an application with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to remove a lower court judge's ruling…
European Union backs ICC after US sanctions on court judges | ICC News
EU affirms its unwavering support for the ICC, denouncing US sanctions as a threat to judicial independence and justice.The European Union “deeply regrets” the United…
Justices rule discrimination laws protect all, even majority groups
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the nation’s anti-discrimination laws apply equally to all employees, regardless of whether those complaining of bias are white or…
Trump administration sanctions International Criminal Court judges | Donald Trump News
The administration of President Donald Trump has followed through with a threat to sanction officials on the International Criminal Court (ICC), naming four judges whom…
U.S. hits International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over investigation into Israel
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is slapping sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel in…
Supreme Court sides with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case over unemployment taxes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decided Thursday that a Catholic charity doesn’t have to pay Wisconsin unemployment taxes, one of a set of religious-rights cases the justices…
Supreme Court rules in favor of U.S. gun makers in Mexico’s lawsuit
Various semiautomatic handguns are displayed in a case at a gun store in Dundee, Ill. (2010). On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled against…
Supreme Court throws out Mexico’s suit against U.S. gun makers
WASHINGTON — Mexico has a severe problem with gun violence, which originates north of the border, the Supreme Court acknowledged Thursday. “The country has only a single…
The week’s bestselling books, June 8
Hardcover fiction1. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press: $30) An unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond. 2. Nightshade by Michael Connelly (Little,…
German court rules asylum seekers unlawfully expelled at Polish border | Human Rights News
Judges say Berlin broke EU law by refusing Somali asylum seekers entry.A Berlin court has ruled that Germany violated asylum law when it deported three…
CNN parts ways with correspondent whose story led to defamation lawsuit
CNN’s chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt, whose 2021 story on a military contractor led to a defamation suit loss in court, announced Monday he…
Supreme Court turns away a 2nd Amendment challenge to blue-state bans on assault weapons
WASHINGTON — A closely divided Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to the bans on semiautomatic rifles in Maryland, California and eight other…
Bangladesh Supreme Court lifts ban on Jamaat-e-Islami party | Politics News
Decision paves way for the country’s largest Muslim party to participate in the next general election, expected by June next year.Bangladesh has restored the registration…
Appeals court keeps pauses on Trump’s mass firings at 21 agencies
May 31 (UPI) -- An three-judge federal appeals panel has kept in place a lower court's decision to pause the Trump administration's plans to downsize…
Supreme Court allows DHS to remove protection status for half-million migrants
1 of 3 | Legal status in the United States can be lawfully revoked for more than a combined 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans,…
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke humanitarian parole for 530,000 | Donald Trump News
The ruling means people from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua can be targeted for deportation as lawsuits continue.The conservative-dominated United States Supreme Court has handed…