Trump, pushing bounds of his office with L.A. deployment, faces test in court
WASHINGTON — The mission of President Trump’s extraordinary deployment of U.S. Marines and National Guardsmen to Los Angeles depends on whom you ask — and that may…
Trump broke the law and must return control of National Guard to Newsom, court rules
President Trump broke the law when he mobilized thousands of members of the California National Guard to the streets of Los Angeles amid protests over…
Supreme Court restores FBI ‘wrong house’ raid lawsuit
June 12 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court brought back a lawsuit against the FBI over a mishandled home raid from 2017 in Atlanta on Thursday.…
Federal appeals court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction
NEW YORK — As President Trump focuses on global trade deals and dispatching troops to aid his immigration crackdown, his lawyers are fighting to erase the hush…
The week’s bestselling books, June 15
Hardcover fiction1. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books: $30) A story of friendship, love and adversity during the 1980s Space Shuttle program. 2. The…
Argentina’s top court upholds Fernandez de Kirchner’s prison sentence | News
The ruling makes her subject to arrest and bars her from running in upcoming Buenos Aires legislative elections.Argentina’s Supreme Court has upheld a six-year prison…
Argentina’s high court upholds former President Kirchner’s conviction
June 10 (UPI) -- Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner must serve her six-year prison sentence for a corruption conviction, the nation's Supreme Court…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro testifies before Supreme Court over alleged coup plan | Jair Bolsonaro News
Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, testifying for the first time before the nation’s Supreme Court, has denied involvement in an alleged coup plot to…
California asks court for restraining order to block Guard, Marine deployments in L.A.
California on Tuesday asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s deployment of both state National Guard forces and U.S.…
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…