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A smartphone with the Epic Games logo is seen in front of an Apple logo in this illustration taken May 2, 2021. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration)
May 6, 2026

Supreme Court declines to pause order holding Apple in contempt in Epic Games lawsuit

The Supreme Court rejected Apple's request to block an order that found it in violation of sweeping court-mandated changes to its App Store as part of an antitrust lawsuit by Epic Games.

A CISCO logo sits outside the company's house on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2025. (REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo)
Apr 28, 2026

Supreme Court hears claims Cisco aided Chinese human rights abuses

The U.S. Supreme Court confronted a long-running lawsuit accusing Cisco Systems of facilitating religious persecution in China.

People wait in line to cross into the United States from Mexico through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, on Feb. 22, 2025. (REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez)
Mar 24, 2026

Supreme Court justices lean toward Trump in asylum-processing case

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a defense mounted by President Donald Trump's administration of the government's authority to turn away asylum seekers.

The James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, home of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is pictured in San Francisco, California, on Feb. 7, 2017. (REUTERS/Noah Berger/File Photo)
Mar 6, 2026

Trump can suspend refugee admissions, US appeals court rules

President Donald Trump has the authority to indefinitely suspend admissions of foreign nationals under the U.S. refugee resettlement program, a federal appeals court ruled.

Demonstrators carry a transgender flags outside the U.S. Supreme Court, on the day justices were expected to hear oral arguments in two cases concerning efforts to enforce Republican-backed state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, in Washington, D.C., on January 13, 2026. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Mar 3, 2026

Supreme Court blocks California privacy protections for transgender students

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked California laws that can limit the sharing of information with parents about the gender identity of transgender public school students.

President Donald Trump looks on as he delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 24, 2026. (REUTERS/NATHAN HOWARD)
Feb 27, 2026

US court won’t block Trump from ending union bargaining for federal workers

A U.S. appeals court rejected a bid by unions to block the Trump administration from stripping federal employees of the ability to engage in union bargaining with U.S. agencies.

U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke appears in a video released by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on March 20, 2025, as part of his dissent from a ruling upholding California's ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, in California. (9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals/Handout via REUTERS)
Jan 5, 2026

California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules

A U.S. appeals court ruled that California's ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.

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.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon does a television interview at the White House, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Dec 5, 2025

Appeals court rejects Trump bid to halt grants for school mental health workers

A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's bid to halt an order to release grants to boost mental health workers in schools.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., speaks to a crowd gathered at an event space during a two-day swing through South Carolina on July 8, 2025, in Bennettsville, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Nov 19, 2025

Appeals court pauses California law requiring companies to report climate-related financial risk

A U.S. appeals court paused a California law requiring large companies to report on how climate change could hurt them financially.

The Supreme Court is nearing the end of the term. Many early decisions have revealed surprising unanimity, though key rulings ahead are likely to reveal more division. (Fatima Yazdi/Capital News Service)
Nov 17, 2025

Supreme Court to review old policy used to turn away asylum seekers

The Supreme Court agreed to review a policy used to deny migrants a chance to apply for asylum until space opened up to process claims.

A man walks past Google's offices in London's Kings Cross area on Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File)
Nov 5, 2025

Fortnite maker Epic Games and Google settling 5-year legal fight

Video game maker Epic Games reached a settlement with Google that could end its 5-year legal crusade against the Play Store for Android apps.