The Latest Breaking News from the US Supreme Court

Top court declines to rule on Texas and Florida laws, but defends social media platforms’ right to moderate content.

The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to review a pair of Republican-backed laws that imposed restrictions on social media content moderation, in a decision welcomed by the tech industry.

The US Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that had enabled prosecutors to pursue charges of obstruction against defendants in the January 6, 2021 Capitol siege. The high court's new ruling could have implications for the federal criminal case against former president Donald Trump related to the…

The ruling comes amid a nationwide surge in homelessness as high rents put pressure on low-income households and pandemic-era protections expire.

Conservative majority of the Supreme Court allowed local ordinaces that criminalize homelesness to continue

The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the Sackler family, which controlled the drugmaker, from future litigation.

The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's $6 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, who owned the company and earned tens of billions as it flooded the country with the highly addictive drug, from future civil lawsuits over the role they played in…

The Supreme Court said the Sackler family cannot use a Chapter 11 reorganization plan to protect themselves from civil liability

Ramiro Gonzales died by lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6.50pm at the State Penitentiary in Huntsville