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AR-15 rifles are displayed at an exhibition booth during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Dallas on May 18, 2024. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo)
Jun 30, 2026

Supreme Court to hear challenge to state-level assault rifle bans

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the legality of state restrictions on assault-style rifles.

Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company's offices in San Diego, California, on Sept. 17, 2020. (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo)
May 19, 2026

Supreme Court turns away Eli Lilly’s challenge to whistleblower law

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge by Eli Lilly to a whistleblower law allowing individuals to bring fraud lawsuits on behalf of the federal government.

Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff's deputy who was fired, arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey during a call for help at her home, poses for a jail booking photograph at Sangamon County Detention Facility in Springfield, Illinois, on July 17, 2024. (Sangamon County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS)
Jan 29, 2026

Former deputy gets prison in shooting of unarmed Black woman

An Illinois judge sentenced a former sheriff's deputy to prison in the July 2024 fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman.

People in Tulsa, Oklahoma, protest President Donald Trump in June 2020. He was in the city to hold a rally. (Amanda Voisard/For The Washington Post)
Jan 5, 2026

How new protest laws are impacting political demonstrations

First Amendment advocates warn that state laws, pending federal bills and court battles risk rewriting the rules of public demonstrations.

Federal officers hold down a protester in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Oct 20, 2025

Federal appeals court lets Trump send troops to Portland

A divided U.S. appeals court ruled that Donald Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon.

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