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(CNN)The US Supreme Court on Friday denied a petition from a church in Nevada that argued a policy limiting in-person church attendance to 50 during the coronavirus pandemic violated the Constitution…

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a House request to expedite litigation over President Trump’s financial records, further dimming Democratic hopes that congressional investigators could obtain the materials prior to November’s election. The unsigned order, issued Monday, provided no explanation. But the action underscored the court’s distinction between the House inquiry, which is intended to…

The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place a lower court order that likely will prevent hundreds of thousands of ex-felons in Florida from voting in the November election. It is the fourth time that the court has refused to intervene to protect voting rights this year. The others instances came in cases from Wisconsin,…

July 16, 2020 | 4:56am Enlarge Image In this 1998 photo, Wesley Ira Purkey, center, is escorted by police officers in Kansas City, Kan., after he was arrested in connection with the death of 80-year-old Mary Ruth Bales. AP TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Supreme Court early Thursday cleared the way for a second federal…

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal execution of 68-year-old Wesley Purkey Thursday morning after a lower court judge halted his execution and ordered further evaluation of claims about…