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A document included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is photographed Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, that illustrates several people who handled Epstein's financial affairs or who were close to him (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Huge cache of Epstein documents includes emails financier exchanged with wealthy and powerful
A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before his death by suicide in 2019.
 
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
3 months after rapidly scheduled arguments, the Supreme Court has yet to decide on Trump’s tariffs
When the Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a similarly fast resolution seemed possible.
 
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaii’s restrictions on guns in stores and hotels
The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaii restrictions on carrying guns in stores in the justices’ latest firearm case since their landmark decision expanding Second Amendment rights.
 
The Supreme Court stands is Washington, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Supreme Court sides with Montana police on warrant requirements during emergencies
The Supreme Court has sided with Montana police in a case over when officers can enter a home without a warrant if an emergency might be unfolding inside.
 
The Supreme Court is seen during oral arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Supreme Court revives GOP congressman’s challenge to late-arriving mail ballot law
The Supreme Court is reviving a Republican challenge to a law allowing the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.
 
With the Supreme Court Building under renovations, the justices hear oral arguments on President Donald Trump's push to expand control over independent federal agencies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Chief Justice says Constitution remains ‘firm and unshaken’ with major Supreme Court rulings ahead
Chief Justice John Roberts says that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon.
 
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Voluminous new Epstein document release includes multiple Trump mentions, but little revelatory news
The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump but added little new revelatory information to the long-anticipated public file on the disgraced late financier.
 
A mega-prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
Judge rules Trump administration must allow court challenges for Venezuelan migrants sent to prison
A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must give legal due process to Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador, either by providing court hearings or returning them to the U.S.
 
The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Supreme Court sides with immigration judges in speech case for now, rebuffing Trump administration
The Supreme Court is siding with immigration judges and rebuffing the Trump administration for now in a case that could have wider implications for federal workers as the justices weigh expanding presidential firing power.
 
President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.
 
With flowers in the foreground, construction on the front of the U.S. Supreme Court continues Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Supreme Court likely to rule in favor of abortion opponents in challenge to state investigation
The Supreme Court seemed likely on Tuesday to side with a faith-based pregnancy center challenging an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions.
 
As a person on a bicycle rides past, construction on the front of the U.S. Supreme Court continues Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Supreme Court won’t immediately let Trump administration fire copyright office head
The Supreme Court won’t immediately allow the Trump administration to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, instead delaying a decision until after they rule in two other high-profile firing cases.
 
National Guard soldiers patrol at Union Station, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC
A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S.
 
A pedestrian with an umbrella walks on a bridge over the rain-soaked 110 Freeway in Los Angeles Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Business groups ask Supreme Court to pause California climate reporting laws in emergency appeal
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the Supreme Court to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of companies to report emissions and climate-risk information.
 
A message from the National Women's Law Center concerning the announcement by the Trump administration of restoring only half funding the SNAP benefits is projected on the U.S. Department of Agriculture building, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Democrats seize on Trump administration’s efforts to fight food stamp payments
The Trump administration’s legal efforts to fight having to fully fund food stamps for millions of vulnerable Americans is creating an opening for Democrats eager to use the longest government shutdown in U.S. history to paint the president as callous and out of touch.
 
An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers
The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.
 
Protesters stand outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s sweeping unilateral tariffs
A majority of Supreme Court justices seem skeptical about President Donald Trump’s ability to unilaterally impose far-reaching tariffs, putting at risk a cornerstone of his agenda in the biggest legal test yet of his boundary-pushing presidency.
 
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media after visiting the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Fadel Senna/Pool Photo via AP)
Rubio says mediators of Gaza ceasefire shared information to uncover a recent threat
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Israel, the U.S. and the other mediators of the Gaza ceasefire deal are sharing information to disrupt any threats and that allowed them to identify a possible impending attack last weekend.
 
The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns
The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.
 
The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Supreme Court seems ready to revive GOP challenge to Illinois mail-in ballot law
The Supreme Court seemed ready to revive a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, which have been a target of President Donald Trump.
 
The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids
A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.
 
The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Supreme Court rebuffs push to revive Missouri law barring police from enforcing some U.S. gun laws
The Supreme Court is refusing to revive a controversial Missouri gun law that bans police from enforcing some federal firearm laws.
 
The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
The Supreme Court begins a term that will examine Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power
The Supreme Court has opened its new term. The court Monday rejected more than 800 pending appeals, including a challenge by Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned ex-girlfriend.
 
Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
New Supreme Court term confronts justices with Trump’s aggressive assertion of presidential power
A monumental Supreme Court term is set to begin with major tests of presidential power on the agenda.
 
The Supreme Court is seen in the distance, framed through columns of the U.S. Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Supreme Court will consider overturning Hawaii’s strict ban on guns on private property
The Supreme Court says it’ll take up its latest gun rights case and consider striking down strict regulations on where people can carry firearms in Hawaii.
 
The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren’t American citizens.
 
FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court building is shown, May 4, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump’s power to shape agencies by overturning 90-year-old ruling
The Supreme Court will consider expanding President Donald Trump’s power to shape independent agencies by overturning a nearly century-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members.
 
U.S. passports are arranged for a photograph in Tigard, Ore., Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy
President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people requiring male or female sex designations based on birth certificates.
 
Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as ‘vacation home,’ undercutting Trump fraud claims
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a “vacation home” in a loan estimate.
 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook, speaks during a conversations with leaders from organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and the housing and education sectors at the Federal Reserve building, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Trump administration appeals ruling blocking him from firing Federal Reserve Gov. Cook
President Donald Trump’s administration is appealing a ruling blocking him from immediately firing Federal Reserve Gov.
 
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