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  • Jack SmithPolitics

    Supreme Court punts on special counsel’s plea to rule on Donald Trump’s prosecution over attempt to overturn 2020 election

    By Mark Sherman, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Supreme CourtPolitics

    Supreme Court looks like it will punt on a wealth tax while upholding levy on foreign income

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Jen Trejo holds a photo of her son Christopher as she is comforted outside the Supreme Court Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Washington. Her son was 32 when he died and she said about Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, “You can’t just kill my child and just pay a fine.” The Supreme Court is wrestling with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)Finance

    Supreme Court justices agonize over Purdue Pharma settlement that would let Sackler family walk away with billions: ‘There is no other deal’

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Paul RyanPolitics

    ‘A lot of the tax code would be unconstitutional if that thing prevailed’: Former GOP speaker Paul Ryan warns the Supreme Court on the wealth tax

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The U.S. Supreme Court is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, March. 21, 2022. On Dec. 4, 2023, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Finance

    OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma heads to Supreme Court in case over whether $6bn payoff can shield Sackler owners from future lawsuits

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Ensuring Judicial Independence Through Civics Education” on July 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo by KAREN BLEIER / AFP) (Photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • John Roberts, chief justice of the US Supreme Court, from left, Elena Kagan, associate justice of the US Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, associate justice of the US Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, associate justice of the US Supreme Court, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice of the US Supreme Court, during a State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. President Biden is speaking against the backdrop of renewed tensions with China and a brewing showdown with House Republicans over raising the federal debt ceiling. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Should accused fraudsters face a jury instead of the SEC? The Supreme Court seems open to it

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • People from across the United States, who lost loved ones due to the opioid epidemic, rallied at the Department of Justice in Washington DC, calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy AG Lisa Monaco to bring criminal charges against members of the Sackler familyFinance

    OxyContin maker’s settlement faces Supreme Court scrutiny

    By Geoff Mulvihill, Mark Sherman, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 07: United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court has begun a new term after Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was officially added to the bench in September. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Politics

    Supreme Court adopts ethics code after Clarence Thomas failed to disclose gifts from a billionaire—but there’s no way to enforce the new rules

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Marco Rubio, Donald TrumpPolitics

    As Supreme Court ponders ‘Trump too small’ IP request, John Roberts says people could trademark ‘Trump too this, Trump too that’

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court buildingPolitics

    Justice Clarence Thomas’ billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow will be hauled in front of Senate Democrats over undisclosed travel gifts

    By Mark Sherman, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • Associate Justice Clarence Thomas during the formal group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. The court opened its new term Monday with a calendar already full of high-profile clashes, including two cases that could end the use of race in college admissions. Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    New ethics questions swirl around Clarence Thomas after report says his $267,000 loan for a luxury RV seems to have been forgiven

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington, DCPolitics

    Supreme Court case over $15,000 IRS bill could decide the future of a billionaire wealth tax

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Supreme CourtPolitics

    Constitutionality of wealth tax at issue in dispute over $15,000 bill backed by business, conservative interests

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
  • Supreme CourtPolitics

    A giant piece of marble nearly crushed Supreme Court justices last year, sources say

    By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press