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President Trump, shown at his Palm Beach, Fla., resort on Christmas Eve, had insisted the Pentagon not follow through on the Obama administration's plan to end the ban on enlisting transgender troops in 2017.

Military poised to accept transgender troops, despite Trump tweets, as courts block ban

August 22, 2019 at 2:09 a.m.

Barring last-minute intervention by the Supreme Court, the military’s ban on enlisting transgender troops is set to fall next week, despite President Trump’s tweets. If so, it would be the...

E. Scott Lloyd, who heads the Trump administration's refugee office, testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in October.

Trump official sought to block abortion for a 17-year-old immigrant rape victim

August 22, 2019 at 2:06 a.m.

E. Scott Lloyd, the anti-abortion activist who heads the Trump administration’s refugee resettlement program, tried to prevent a 17-year-old rape victim in federal detention from getting an abortion, according to...

Scott Lloyd, director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a staunch opponent of abortion.

Trump officials must allow 2 pregnant 17-year-old immigrants to obtain abortions, judge rules

August 22, 2019 at 2:04 a.m.

Trump administration officials must allow two pregnant teenage immigrants being held in a detention facility to see a doctor about having abortions, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley discusses his panel's plans to move forward on President Trump's judicial nominees.

Trump judge nominee, 36, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel

August 22, 2019 at 1:36 a.m.

Brett J. Talley, President Trump’s nominee to be a federal judge in Alabama, has never tried a case, was unanimously rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Assn.’s judicial rating...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York on Nov. 2, 2017.

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to punish ACLU lawyers who helped teen migrant get abortion

August 22, 2019 at 1:31 a.m.

In a highly unusual move, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Friday to discipline lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union because they helped a 17-year old migrant...

News crews setup outside of the Supreme Court early Monday morning, Oct 2. 2017, in Washington, on the first day of the court's new term. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Supreme Court justices clash over whether workers can join together to fight a company policy

August 22, 2019 at 1:08 a.m.

The Supreme Court justices returned to the bench Monday ready to argue — and disagree sharply along usual ideological lines — on a basic question of workers' rights in the...

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official group portrait to include new Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, top row, far right, Thursday. June 1, 2017, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington.

Kennedy holds key votes as Supreme Court tackles gerrymandering, religious liberty

August 22, 2019 at 1:05 a.m.

The Supreme Court opens its term next week focused on whether to shield conservative Christians from gay rights laws and whether to rein in the partisan gerrymandering that Republicans have...

The Supreme Court was urged by the Trump administration to rule for a Colorado baker of wedding cakes in a religious liberties case.

Trump lawyers urge Supreme Court to rule for Colorado cake maker who turned away gay couple

August 22, 2019 at 12:48 a.m.

Trump administration lawyers joined sides with a Colorado baker Thursday and urged the Supreme Court to rule that he has the right to refuse to provide a wedding cake to...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says Pentagon has not banned transgender soldiers — for now

August 22, 2019 at 12:16 a.m.

The nation's highest-ranking military officer said Thursday that the Pentagon has made "no modifications" to the Obama-era policy allowing transgender troops to openly serve in the military, a day after...

President Trump delivers the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., on May 17.

Trump’s lawyers claim a free-speech right to urge supporters to use ‘reasonable force’ to kick out protesters

May 14, 2019 at 7:10 a.m.

Lawyers for President Donald Trump say he had a First Amendment right to urge his supporters to eject "disruptive protesters" from his campaign rallies, including the "right to use reasonable...

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