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October 13, 2026
Supreme Court Will Review Dispute Over Records From Elon Musk’s DOGE
A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests.
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October 5, 2026
The Supreme Court’s New Term, and a Race for Nuclear Power on the Moon
Plus, why school music classes are under threat.
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October 5, 2026
How the Midterms Could Complicate the Supreme Court’s New Term
Even before the justices start their new term on Monday, the court has spent the summer resolving fast-moving requests on election-related disputes.
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October 1, 2026
Taking On Trump Immigration Agenda, Justices Will Review Migrant Detention Policy
The administration’s policy of detaining immigrants who crossed the border illegally years ago and holding them without a bond hearing has divided lower courts.
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September 28, 2026
Trump Administration Asks Justices to Allow It to Deny Hormones to Trans Inmates
The Bureau of Prisons policy, which has been blocked by lower courts, would give transgender prisoners access to psychotherapy and antidepressants instead of certain gender-transition medical treat...
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September 25, 2026
Supreme Court Once Again Blocks Republican-Backed Voting Map in Missouri
A federal appeals court had sided with Republicans seeking to use redrawn congressional district boundaries to give their party an advantage in the midterms elections.
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September 23, 2026
Dispute Over Missouri’s Congressional Map Again Returns to Supreme Court
A federal appeals court sided with Republicans seeking to use district boundaries redrawn last year to give the G.O.P. an advantage in the upcoming midterms.
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September 22, 2026
Supreme Court Declines to Intervene in Custody Fight Over Surrogacy and Abortion
A surrogate refused to have an abortion after the fetus was diagnosed with a serious heart problem. She asked the justices to block a court order giving custody to the biological parents.
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September 15, 2026
Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito Would Have Allowed Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Rules
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, called the challenge to the restrictions a “Hail Mary pass” that was unlikely to prevail because of the Postal Service’s broad author...
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September 10, 2026
Supreme Court Again Blocks Republican-Backed Missouri Voting Map
The ruling deferred to the state’s Supreme Court, which had invalidated G.O.P.-friendly district lines, saying voters must first have an opportunity to approve the map in a statewide referendum.
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September 8, 2026
Justice Kavanaugh Blocks Missouri Voting Map Benefiting Republicans
Missouri’s Supreme Court blocked election officials from using a new congressional map, saying voters must first approve the district lines in a statewide referendum.
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September 5, 2026
Missouri Asks Supreme Court to Allow Voting Map Benefiting Republicans
Missouri’s Supreme Court said a map redrawn to help Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries.
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September 1, 2026
On Trump’s Ballroom, Chief Justice Finds Himself in an Unusual Spot: In Dissent
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has been in the majority in divided cases more times than any other chief since 1953. But not this time.
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August 31, 2026
Supreme Court Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction
Lower-court rulings would have blocked construction of the 90,000-square-foot ballroom after finding that the Trump administration should have first sought approval from Congress.
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August 28, 2026
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Ban on Transgender Troops
President Trump issued an executive order barring transgender service members from the military as part of a broader attack on transgender rights.
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August 25, 2026
How the Supreme Court Is Issuing Orders as Trump ‘Emergencies’ Return
The justices are still struggling with whether and when to explain themselves to the public when the court issues temporary, but consequential orders.
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August 24, 2026
Is the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Changing?
The Supreme Court’s emergency docket has shrunk in recent months, and the way justices issue opinions on these cases has also changed. Our reporter Ann Marimow looks at what these shifts tell us ab...
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August 24, 2026
Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for Now
The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
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August 21, 2026
Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, for Now
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president’s lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.
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August 18, 2026
Trump’s Ballroom Is Rising at Breakneck Speed: 20 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week
Although the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now.
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August 17, 2026
Supreme Court Again Rejects Trump’s Appeal of $5 Million E. Jean Carroll Payment
The court declined President Trump’s long-shot request that it reconsider his appeal. He has separately asked the court to overturn a much larger 2024 award.
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August 14, 2026
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Greenlight White House Ballroom
The planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom is estimated to cost $400 million and is part of the president’s broader effort to remake Washington in his own style.
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August 14, 2026
An Unlikely Emergency Appeal to the Supreme Court from a Dog Named Bruce
A last-ditch filing this week came on behalf of a dog that a judge found to be “vicious” and shows how the court’s emergency docket has been growing.
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August 7, 2026
Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’
The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.
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