On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized 10,000 layoffs across federal health agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The New York Times reported.

In their decision allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education, the justices didn’t offer one word of reasoning.

The Department of Justice on Monday urged the Supreme Court to turn away an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence.

The chief judge cited a litany of examples, including docket errors in felony cases that led to the unlawful arrest of one woman and the unlawful release of another.

The Education Department has pledged to carry out required functions, but questions remain about its plan for contending with the loss of staff.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley raised no money in the latest campaign finance reporting period, despite being up for reelection next year. Bradley has not formally announced her reelection bid but told WisPolitics in April that she planned to run to “ensure that there is a voice for the constitution and for the rule

Texas recently became the third state in two years, following Louisiana and Arkansas, to pass a law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms. Soon after — like the […]

The majority did not explain its decision in the brief, unsigned order. The court's three liberal justices opposed the order. Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the majority handed Trump the power to repeal laws passed by Congress “by firing all those necessary to carry them out.”