The Latest Breaking News from John G Roberts Jr

WASHINGTON — Since February, when the Supreme Court held oral arguments in a case challenging the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon pollution from power plants, environmental lawyers and climate activists braced for a ruling that tattooed a deep, restrictive swath into the agency’s ability to curb emissions.

The Supreme Court ruling limited the EPA’s authority to rein in emissions. But it left the agency some room to address climate change.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a major election case and decide whether North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers have the power to draw a partisan election map without interference from state judges.

The trajectory of the Supreme Court appears unlikely to change in a new term starting in October, even with a new justice.