Monday, June 29th, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court declines Trump’s appeal in E. Jean Carroll case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5-million US verdict in favour of E. Jean Carroll in a case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing the former magazine columnist and then defaming her. The justices turned away Trump’s appeal after a lower court upheld the 2023 verdict and rejected Trump’s arguments that the trial was unfair because the judge impermissibly let jurors hear evidence of his alleged past sexual misconduct. Trump has been battling Carroll, a formerRead more
U.S. Supreme Court rules against Trump bid to fire Lisa Cook, Federal Reserve governor
Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21. Cook has spent about $1.2 million US fighting for her job after U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to fire her last August. (Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press) The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to let President Donald Trump fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook as it stood firm to preserve the central bank’s cherished independence against an unprecedented challenge by the Republican president. The court, in a 5-4 ruling, blocked Trump’s bidRead more
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump-led challenge against mail-in ballots
A person places an envelope in a ballot return box for mail-in ballots in Philadelphia. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots postmarked by election day can be counted even if they arrive late. (Matt Rourke/The Associated Press) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after election day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. The 5-4 decision rejected a Republican-led attack on laws in more than half the states and the District of Columbia that permit mailed ballots to arriveRead more
Supreme Court allows late-arriving mail-in ballots in defeat for Trump
The Supreme Court has ruled that states may count postal ballots received late if they were postmarked by election day, rejecting the Trump administration’s push to block it. The 5-4 decision upholds a Mississippi law that had permitted the counting of mail-in ballots postmarked before election day but arrived up to five days afterwards. The ruling marks a significant political defeat for Donald Trump, who called the decision a “tremendous loss”. The president has repeatedly stated that mail-in ballots are vulnerable to fraud. The states that allow late-arriving postal ballotsRead more