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US Supreme Court likely to back Trump to fire independent agency board members

December 09, 2025 5:32 am

The apex court was hearing the argument revolving around the legality of President Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member.

Conservative project at Supreme Court meets Trump’s push to oust officials

December 08, 2025 7:29 am

The administration is asking the justices to toss a 90-year-old precedent that said the Constitution allowed laws like that one and let Congress put limits on the president’s authority to dismiss some quasi-independent government officials.

US Supreme Court to decide legality of Donald Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship

December 06, 2025 1:17 am

On his first day in office as the 47th US President, Trump signed the executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship

The outcome will determine the fate of a policy with immense economic consequences -- and the court’s own consistency on the recently innovated 'major questions doctrine'.

Explained: US Supreme Court, Trump tariffs and the ‘major questions doctrine' conundrum

November 18, 2025 7:05 am

The conservative majority US Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the legality of Trump’s tariffs – including on India. Here’s what’s at stake.

US Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end

November 12, 2025 5:07 am

The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed their families in some states have received their full monthly allocations.

Trump asks US Supreme Court to overturn E. Jean Carroll $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict

November 11, 2025 6:06 am

In a filing before the apex court on Monday, Trump’s lawyers argued that allegations leading to a verdict by the jury in the $5 million civil case were “propped up” by a “series of indefensible evidentiary rulings".

US Supreme Court rejects call to overturn legalisation of same-sex marriages

November 10, 2025 11:25 pm

The US Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, without comment, turned away the appeal in the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, which is seen as a historic victory for LGBT rights in the United States.

Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to let it withhold food aid funding

November 08, 2025 11:49 am

The administration urged the Supreme Court to halt a Rhode Island judge’s order forcing the Agriculture Department to cover a $4 billion SNAP shortfall.

US Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump tariffs, raise sharp questions during high stakes hearing

November 06, 2025 4:58 am

Three conservative justices of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch, sounded skeptical of the government’s move.

'Not about me, it’s about our country': Trump says he will not attend US Supreme Court arguments on tariffs

November 03, 2025 7:49 am

The Supreme Court is set to review a lower court’s ruling that found Trump had overstepped his authority in imposing most of his tariffs under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act.