The Supreme Court’s rare moment of unanimity against a DEI rule, explained
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who authored the Court’s opinion in Ames. | Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The Atlantic On Thursday,...
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Supreme Court sides with Catholic charity in tax case
The Supreme Court sided with a Catholic charity in a legal dispute with Wisconsin state authorities over unemployment benefit taxes.
Supreme Court rules against Mexico in its lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers
The Mexican government had argued that U.S. companies were responsible for cartel violence caused with American-made military-style weapons.
Supreme Court revives straight woman’s workplace discrimination claim
Marlean Ames argued she faced too high a legal burden in pressing her claim after being passed over and demoted...
The bigotry at the heart of Pete Hegseth’s Navy ship renaming
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s move to erase the contributions of non-white, female members of the armed forces has been a...
Trump fumes at Jerome Powell after weak ADP jobs report
President Trump demanded Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lower interest rates after an unofficial jobs report hit its lowest level...
Five big Supreme Court cases to watch as term closes with birthright citizenship and more
Five of the disputes we are watching for this month, from birthright citizenship (sort of) to porn and the First...
Trump’s plan to make Musk’s DOGE cuts legal could fail. The backup plan is worse.
President Donald Trump sent Congress a memo Tuesday asking Republicans to sign off on his administration's spending cuts following Elon...
The arrest of Rep. Nadler’s aide was bad. The Democrats’ response makes it worse.
In recent days, Democrats fumbled two opportunities: Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst's Medicaid comments and the arrest of Re. Jerry...
The GOP’s biggest falsehoods about Medicaid in Trump’s spending bill, debunked
The House Republican reconciliation bill would take Medicaid and ACA coverage away from millions of people to partially pay for...
