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Judge Neil Gorsuch has said deferring to agencies is an abdication of judicial responsibility. He is expected to be grilled on this at Monday's confirmation hearings.

The justices allowed the abortion providers' challenges to go ahead against Texas' licensing officials – but not against anyone else. The court also blocked the Justice Department's challenge.

Since its first major decision on the subject in 1978, the court has repeatedly upheld universities' ability to consider the race of applicants as one of many factors in admissions decisions.

Wisconsin's political future could depend on one seat on the state Supreme Court. The winner will determine the court's political sway and could change representation and abortion rights in the state.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is working to contain a revolt by hard-line members of his party that could threaten his job as speaker and a potential government shutdown.

Jeffrey Toobin's new book, The Oath, explores how President Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts are at odds over constitutional law. Toobin tells Fresh Air that while Obama likes precedent when it comes to the Supreme Court, Roberts "wants to move the court in a dramatically new direction."

Jeffrey Toobin's new book, The Oath, explores how President Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts are at odds over constitutional law. Toobin tells Fresh Air that while Obama likes precedent when it comes to the Supreme Court, Roberts "wants to move the court in a dramatically new direction."

Infighting among Republicans threatens to derail plans to pass long-term spending bills next year.

To meet climate goals, energy efficiency for dozens of appliances is getting renewed attention from the Biden administration.

Journalist Ari Berman says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hands of an elite minority — and that their decisions continue to impact American democracy today.

Days before the New Hampshire primary, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he's dropping his presidential bid after a second place finish in Iowa to former President Donald Trump.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned "lies and misinformation" that he said are undermining U.K. democracy, in response to a barrage of attacks on his government from Elon Musk.

The Republican Convention of 1968 was a contrast to the tumultuous events of that year. Republicans sought to present their party as a law-and-order antidote to the disturbing scenes at home.

The imprisonment of white nationalist Tommy Robinson in Britain has become a cause célèbre for far-right activists who say he is being persecuted for his anti-Islamic views. His supporters rallied in London Wednesday when he appealed against his prison sentence.

Albanese was the first Australian prime minister to clinch a second consecutive term in 21 years. He suggested his government had boosted its majority by not modeling itself on the Trump administration.

At the center of the case is the school system in Montgomery County, Md., the most religiously diverse county in the U.S., with 160,000 students of almost all faiths.

This spring's landmark deal to keep more water in the Colorado River will send farmers money to use less water. In the district that uses the most water, there is some deep skepticism.

Charlie Kirk's evangelical faith was on display at his memorial, where supporters remembered him as a "martyr." Christianity shaped Kirk's politics and the two became more intertwined as he got older.

A sharply divided Supreme Court limited the Trump Administration's sweeping efforts to eliminate foreign aid. That ruling said the government must pay foreign aid contractors for work they've done.

Bad Bunny delivered a joyful 13-minute Super Bowl halftime performance with a message of unity as well as pride in Latin American culture at a time when many Latinos in the U.S. feel under attack.