The Latest Breaking News from the US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court placed new restrictions on the scope of the jurisdiction the Clean Water Act has over wetlands, ruling in favor of Idaho landowners who had challenged the law.

House investigators publicly detailed allegations of a yearslong pattern of misconduct and questionable actions

Less than a year into his first term, Paxton was charged with felony securities fraud. The Justice Department is investigating bribery allegations against him as a Texas House committee conducts its own probe into his behavior.

Republicans are trying to repeal President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, but does it even matter?

A North Carolina redistricting ruling has set up a possible electoral windfall for congressional Republicans in preserving their U.S. House majority next year, declaring that judges should stay out of scrutinizing seat boundaries for partisan advantage

The proposal restores a ban South Carolina had in place when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year — which was overturned by the state's highest court.

Honolulu has lost more than 5 miles of its famous beaches to sea level rise and storm surges. Sunny-day flooding during high tides makes many city roads impassable, and water mains for the public drinking water system are corroding from saltwater because of sea level rise.

In two unanimous decisions handed down this month, the U.S. Supreme Court did exactly what was unfortunately expected and tossed out convictions won by famed corruption-buster former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. The justices didn’t like what both Bharara and the trial court had agreed was criminal behavior by Andrew…

The Supreme Court has sided with the IRS in a case that involves owing the IRS money, taxpayer privacy, and notice.

Did Big Tech just win big at the US Supreme Court? That seems to be the view of most commentators in the wake of Thursday’s unanimous decision in two cases that had the potential to challenge the so-called liability shield that protects internet service providers from liability for content posted…

The US Supreme Court sided with a photographer who says Andy Warhol violated her copyright by using her work to create 16 images of the musician Prince.