The justices paused a lower court order pending a decision on whether the Supreme Court will take up the case, a major challenge to the Voting Rights Act.

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The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to move forward with its abolition of the Education Department by firing about 1,400 employees.

The Supreme Court agreed with the plaintiffs and the lower courts that the legislature’s effect was to dilute Black voters’ electoral power.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump the authority to dismantle the Education Department and to fire about half of its staff.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the green light Monday to forge ahead with layoffs of more than 1,300 workers at the Department of Education and continue its effort ...

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to begin mass layoffs at the Education Department, halting a lower-court ruling that had blocked the White House’s plans.

In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education Department employees laid off by the Trump's administration.

The Supreme Court has refused to allow Florida to enforce an immigration law making it a crime for people who are living in the U.S. illegally to enter the state.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked Florida’s enforcement of a new state immigration law that allowed authorities to arrest undocumented migrants who enter the state.

Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned order that allows the Trump administration to resume large-scale layoffs of federal workers. This action lifts a lower court injunction that had ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s pause on President Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government through mass firings at various agencies.