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Supreme Court sides with Texas' age verification law for porn sites

The ruling is the first time that the court has imposed requirements on adult consumers in order to protect minors from having access to sexually explicit material.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court postpones Louisiana redistricting case to next term

At issue is the Louisiana legislature's creation of a Black-majority congressional district, which a group of voters claimed was an illegal racial gerrymander.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order

The decision issues some limits on the power of federal judges to universally block President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, asking lower courts to reconsider their rulings.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court decision comes at an important time for Planned Parenthood, which is facing financial difficulties nationwide.

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  • Law

Supreme Court upholds South Carolina's ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Anuli Ononye
The Anthropic website and mobile phone app are shown in this photo on July 5, 2024. A judge ruled in the AI company's favor in a copyright infringement case brought last year by a group of authors.

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  • Arts & Life

In a first-of-its-kind decision, an AI company wins a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by authors

The ruling opens a potential pathway for AI companies to train large language models on copyrighted works without authors' consent — but only if copies of the works were obtained legally.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Plaintiff Jim Obergefell holds a photo of his late husband John Arthur as he speaks to members of the media after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling regarding same-sex marriage June 26, 2015, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The high court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all 50 states.

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  • Law

He sued for marriage equality and won. 10 years later, he fears for LGBTQ+ rights

Jim Obergefell, plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, reflects on the decision 10 years later and the LGBTQ community's current civil rights fight.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Mansee Khurana and
  • Leila Fadel
The White House shines with rainbow-colored lights June 26, 2015, celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states.

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  • Law

'Equal dignity': U.S. map shows the impact of Obergefell v. Hodges decision

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the June 26, 2015, ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. "The Constitution grants them that right."

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Electric vehicles sit parked at a Tesla charging station in Sausalito, Calif. In 2021 Congress designated $5 billion dollars to pay for high-speed EV chargers along highway corridors. The Trump administration put a pause on the distribution of that money, which a coalition of states have challenged in court. A judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering the funding freeze be lifted for more than a dozen states.

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  • Business

Judge orders Trump administration to resume distributing money for EV chargers

Congress designated money for building new EV chargers, but the Trump administration put a freeze on those funds. A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering the program to resume.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2025, in Washington.

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  • Law

Trump administration sues all of Maryland's federal judges over deportation order

The action lays bare the administration's attempt to exert its will over immigration enforcement, and a growing anger at federal judges who have blocked executive branch actions they see as lawless.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Emil Bove, then Donald Trump's personal attorney, looks on at Trump's sentencing hearing in front of a New York state judge at Manhattan Criminal Court on Jan. 10, 2025, in New York City.

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  • Law

Trump's appeals judge nominee says he's no one's 'henchman'

The confirmation of the president's former personal lawyer Emil Bove to an appellate judgeship could be fairly smooth, as Wednesday's hearing included no critical words from Senate Republicans.

June 25, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Sean Combs (seen here Beverly Hills in 2018) has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. He has pleaded not guilty.

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  • Law

Sean Combs' defense is about to get its day in court. Here's what to expect

For weeks, federal prosecutors have laid out their case against Sean Combs in a Manhattan courtroom. His attorneys should begin presenting their defense on Tuesday. They aren't expected to take long.

June 25, 2025
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By:
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Police tell Spanish-language reporter Mario Guevara (left, red shirt) to move back during a protest on Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and deportation arrests on Chamblee Tucker Road in Atlanta on Saturday, June 14.

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  • USPS

Salvadoran journalist's arrest in Georgia sets 'alarming precedent'

Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Obed Manuel
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine discusses the mission details of a strike on Iran during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025 in Arlington, Va.

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  • World

Can a president declare war without consulting Congress? Here's what to know

President Trump's decision to launch airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities without first consulting Congress has drawn sharp criticism from lawmakers who say the move bypasses their constitutional authority to declare war.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi arrive to speak at the Department of Justice on March 14, 2025.

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  • Law

Fired Justice Department lawyer accuses agency of planning to defy court orders

The accusations from a veteran government lawyer add to broader concern about the Trump administration's repeated clashes with the judiciary.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
A United States Air Force Boeing C-17 used for deportation flights is pictured at Biggs Army Airfield in Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas in February 2025.

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  • USPS

U.S. Supreme Court allows -- for now -- third-country deportations

A federal judge had previously said people must get at least 15 days to challenge their deportations to countries they're not originally from.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
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