Image copyright Getty Images The US Supreme Court is set to decide whether President Donald Trump's tax returns and other financial records can be examined by Congress and prosecutors - a ruling with potentially huge political consequences.Mr Trump refuses to share documents concerning his fortune and business.His lawyers argue he enjoys total immunity while in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether Congress and the Manhattan district attorney can see President Donald Trump’s taxes and other financial records that the president has fought hard to keep private. The high-stakes dispute, which could be resolved Thursday, tests the balance of power between the White House and…
The regulation was the latest attempt to undermine the “contraception mandate,” a signature initiative of the Obama administration.Contraceptive coverage has emerged as a key battleground in the culture wars, one in which successive administrations have switched sides.Credit...Rich Pedroncelli/Associated PressJuly 8, 2020WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Trump administration regulation that lets employers…
The president sent personal lawyers to argue against both sets of subpoenas, and he seems unlikely to hold back if the rulings go against him, especially if Republican-appointed justices or his own appointees vote against him. After a pair of losses last month in cases involving LGBTQ rights in the workplace and the administration’s effort…
The Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday to allow employers and colleges to opt out of providing free birth control coverage weighed heavily on one Loyola University Chicago graduate.Christina Frasik, 24, who graduated from the Jesuit Catholic university in 2018, said that the Court’s ruling will disproportionately impact marginalized students who already have trouble obtaining contraceptive…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…