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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — From a blockbuster Second Amendment decision to a more technical case about retaliatory arrests, sharp disagreements have emerged on the Supreme Court over the reasoning of recent rulings – divisions that could signal an especially fiery end to the current term. Even as the court is sometimes finding wider-than-expected

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Since the Supreme Court reversed constitutional abortion rights two years ago, the conservative majority has avoided referring to that decision while dissenting liberals have at times invoked it in rebuke or to warn of other rights that may fall. Ahead of the dramatic final week of

By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith in a filing late Monday night pushed back on former President Donald Trump’s effort to toss the classified documents case against him over how materials found in boxes during the FBI’s 2022 Mar-a-Lago search were handled by investigators. Prosecutors, with several never-before-seen images and a 30-page filing, detailed the

CNN By Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge related to his alleged role in one of the largest US government breaches of classified material, as part of a deal with the Justice Department that will allow him to avoid imprisonment

By Dianne Gallagher and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — A group of Louisiana parents and civil rights organizations are suing the state over its new law that requires all public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, contends that the legislation violates both US Supreme Court precedent and the First Amendment. House Bill 71, signed by Republican

By Zachary Cohen, Jack Hannah, Donie O’Sullivan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — A temporary election worker in Arizona was arrested Saturday after allegedly stealing a security fob and keys from the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center, according to court documents obtained by CNN. Arizona, and Maricopa County specifically, has been a hotbed for

KNXV, MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, CNN By Zachary Cohen, Jack Hannah, Donie O’Sullivan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — A temporary election worker in Arizona was arrested Saturday after allegedly stealing a security fob and keys from the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center, according to court documents obtained by CNN.

By Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge related to his alleged role in one of the largest US government breaches of classified material, as part of a deal with the Justice Department that will allow him to avoid imprisonment in

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Two federal court judges in Kansas and Missouri have paused parts of a student loan repayment plan that the Biden administration launched last year, which lowers borrowers’ monthly payments and provides a faster route to debt forgiveness. Two lawsuits filed by Republican-led states argue that the Biden administration

By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — During a long day of hearings in Fort Pierce, Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon challenged prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith’s team to show how former President Donald Trump’s repeated comments about the FBI translated into a threat against law enforcement officers. The special counsel’s

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden is requesting a new trial in his federal gun case, with his lawyers claiming that there was a procedural issue in the timing of the early June trial that resulted in a guilty verdict against him. His lawyers claim that the trial court did not have jurisdiction

By Kevin Liptak, Oren Liebermann, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN Washington (CNN) — American officials are hoping to gain a better understanding of Israel’s war plans in meetings this week with the country’s defense minister, who arrived in Washington as the rift widened between the Biden administration and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yoav Gallant

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court won’t take up a case challenging Georgia’s system for electing its public utility board in a defeat for Black voters who argued the so-called “at-large” electoral system diluted their votes. The justices’ refusal to get involved will potentially make it much harder for challenges to such

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to revisit a long-running lawsuit filed by the families of Holocaust survivors seeking compensation from Hungary and a state-run railway for property seized from Jewish victims in the 1940s. The case questions how far parties must go to prove that property seized during World

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Biden administration’s challenge to a transgender care ban in Tennessee, delving into the complicated and politically fraught issue of gender-affirming care in a substantive way for the first time. The state law, enacted last year, bans hormone

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States will fund the printing of more than three million textbooks for Ukrainian students to use in the coming school year amid escalated Russian attacks on Ukrainian printing facilities that are part of Moscow’s war “against the Ukrainian people,” US senior administration officials told CNN. “By striking

By John King, CNN (CNN) — My mother used to tell me you only learn when you listen. I think it was her polite way of getting me to shut up, but it’s good advice even if her ultimate goal was a little quiet in the King family kitchen. Listening is a lost art in

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered another litany of false claims during two speeches on Saturday. And he expressed an opinion on American history that is clearly contradicted by the facts. During a speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a conservative Christian group, Trump criticized proposals to change the names of schools,

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The Biden campaign is blasting former President Donald Trump over abortion rights in a new TV ad coinciding with the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade and days ahead of the first presidential debate. The ad, which was first shared with CNN, features a