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The Supreme Court's three liberal justices publicly dissented from the decision

US chief justice lets Trump oust FTC commissioner for now

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the FTC’s only Democrat, had briefly returned to her job after a federal appeals court ruling in her favor last week

Trump urges US top court to uphold tariffs on India, cites Ukraine crisis and warns of 'economic catastrophe'

Trump has imposed a 25 per cent tariff on India, citing the trade deficit, and an additional 25 per cent because of India’s refusal to comply with US pressure to end its oil trade with Russia.

Why the Trump administration is firing hundreds at the State Department after Supreme Court ruling

Supreme Court clears path for mass layoffs across federal agencies; first wave to hit domestic workforce.

US Supreme Court bolsters religious rights in LGBTQ book case

The 6-3 ruling Friday is the latest in a line of Supreme Court decisions that have bolstered religious rights, even when they bump up against other societal values

US Supreme Court backs Texas online porn age-check law

The justices, in a 6-3 ruling authored by conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, upheld a lower court's decision allowing enforcement of the Republican-led state's age-checking mandate

US Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protection for Venezuelans

The court granted the Justice Department's request to lift San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Edward Chen's order that had halted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decision to terminate the deportation protection conferred to Venezuelans under the temporary protected status, or TPS, program

US Supreme Court asks Trump govt to 'facilitate' return of wrongly deported Salvadoran

The US Supreme Court ordered the return of a wrongly deported Salvadoran migrant, rejecting the Trump administration’s claims and highlighting concerns over legal overreach and human rights violations in deportation practices.

US Supreme Court rejects 26/11 attack accused Tahawwur Rana’s plea seeking stay on his extradition to India

Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged at a metropolitan detention centre in Los Angeles.

Liberal wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election in setback for Trump, Musk

The election was widely seen as an early referendum on Trump's presidency

'Judges want to assume...': Trump criticises judiciary, demands Supreme Court end nationwide injunctions

Former President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court to restrict federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions against his policies. His remarks follow ongoing legal battles, including over 100 lawsuits, with courts blocking key measures like curbing automatic birthright citizenship.

US Supreme Court leans toward allowing youth transgender care ban

The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, heard arguments in an appeal by Democratic President Joe Biden's administration of a lower court's decision

Will Missouri Voters Approve Amendment 3 To Restore Abortion Rights?

Missouri advocates are campaigning for Amendment 3, which would establish a constitutional right to abortion in the state. With Missouri currently holding one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, supporters, including Planned Parenthood, are canvassing to gain public backing. Missouri’s ban was enacted in 2022 after the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, causing many residents to seek care in nearby Kansas. Anti-abortion groups, like 40 Days for Life, argue the current law protects maternal health in emergencies and oppose Amendment 3, asserting abortion is not healthcare. If passed, the amendment would prompt legal challenges.

US Polls 2024: Supreme Court rejects Missouri's bid to lift Trump's gag order in hush-money case

The Supreme Court rejected Missouri's attempt to lift Trump's gag order and delay sentencing in his hush-money case, following Trump's immunity in a separate Washington case.

US Supreme Court rules Trump has broad immunity from prosecution

The justices, in a 6-3 ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, threw out a lower court's decision that had rejected Trump's claim of immunity from federal criminal charges involving his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. The six conservative justices were in the majority, while its three liberal members dissented.

US Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside

The penalty has been imposed on HSBC for non-compliance with certain directions issued by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 'Credit Card, Debit Card and Rupee Denominated Co-branded Pre-paid Card operations of Banks', the central bank said in a statement.

US Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone

Mifepristone is taken with another drug called misoprostol to perform medication abortions.

US Supreme Court backs consumer finance watchdog agency's funding mechanism

Republican lawmakers overwhelmingly opposed the CFPB from the start, contending it wields too much power and burdens banks and other lenders with unnecessary red tape

US Supreme Court sets April 25 Donald Trump criminal immunity argument

The court released its updated argument calendar a week after it agreed to take up the case and gave the former president a boost by putting on hold the criminal prosecution being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith.

US Supreme Court snubs Epic Games legal battle with Apple

The justices also decided not to hear Apple's appeal of the same decision, which barred certain App Store rules.

TCS to take $125 million hit to Q3 earnings over US lawsuit

Epic had filed the lawsuit against TCS and Tata America International Corp in 2014, alleging the Tata Group companies of stealing its intellectual property while it was contracted to implement Epic's healthcare software.

US: Ohio lone state deciding abortion rights question, providing hints for 2024 races

Voters will decide whether to pass a constitutional amendment guaranteeing an individual right to abortion and other forms of reproductive healthcare.

With its judges sniping at each other, US Supreme Court's image suffers

As the court’s conservative revolution proceeds, the tone of the court’s opinions is getting increasingly confrontational — and increasingly personal. Extreme decisions are provoking extreme reactions. The US public will have one lesser reason to be impressed with the Court and its justices

Apple to ask US Supreme Court to undo App Store order in Epic Games case

Apple said in a court filing it will ask the justices to take up its appeal of a ruling on Friday by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that kept in place most of the order issued in 2021 by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.

Joe Biden says court's same-sex ruling could lead to 'more discrimination'

"I'm deeply concerned that the decision could invite more discrimination against LGBTQI+ Americans.," he said in a statement.