Trials, verdicts, major rulings
The measures freeze the court's US assets and give American companies six months to cut ties with it. The EU says it may use a blocking mechanism to shield European firms from having to comply.
Israel's prime minister used his UN General Assembly address to defend the military campaign in Gaza and attack New York's mayor as an antisemite. A UN inquiry and genocide scholars have concluded Israel committed genocide; the International Court of Justice case is unresolved.
Aleema, Uzma and Noreen Khan were held for 30 days under a public order law and sent to Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. Their detention comes a week before PTI supporters are due to march on the capital in a nationwide protest the government has declared illegal.
A 49-page opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel says the 1968 restriction on licensed dealers selling handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds violates the Second Amendment. The law stays on the books — Congress has not repealed it — but federal prosecutors have been told not to bring cases.
The court's majority blocked a postal service rule that would have tightened mail ballot requirements for the November elections. Trump called his three appointees who joined the majority 'a shell of their original selves' and praised the two dissenters as 'legends'.
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill was defeated 286 to 270 in a conscience vote with no party direction. The bill cannot return this session, though its backers say another attempt could come as soon as next year.
The warrant covers three counts of grave threat, each carrying bail of 120,000 pesos ($1,900). A conviction in her separate Senate impeachment trial could bar her from the presidency in 2028.
A report released by Senator Richard Blumenthal's office alleges USPS restarted development of a system tied to Trump's mail-voting restrictions in late July, weeks after court orders blocked the underlying executive order. Agency leaders had told Congress the injunctions had stopped all work.
The administration says a DC appeals court ruling that blocked the removal of currently serving transgender troops was 'gravely erroneous.' The Supreme Court allowed the wider ban to take effect last year, but has not yet ruled on whether those already in uniform can be forced out.
The order — the first to physically remove Khan from Adiala Jail since his imprisonment in 2023 — came after doctors diagnosed him with a serious eye condition. The government challenged it the next day, and the court refused to act on the appeal.
The board framed the inscription as a renovation credit rather than a formal renaming — a legal workaround after a federal judge ruled the earlier attempt unconstitutional. The main building will also close for two years for a $250 million overhaul.
Trump's former personal defence lawyer secured the narrowest possible margin after two Republicans broke ranks. Written pledges to scrap a proposed $1.8 billion compensation fund swung the deciding votes his way.
The Republican-controlled committee passed the resolution eight votes to seven, and is now pushing to refer it directly to the Justice Department. Whether that route carries any legal force remains unsettled.
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