WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court stopped Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court’s views on abortion rights.

The justices said by a 5-4 vote late Thursday that they will not allow the state to put into effect a law that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — On each side of the abortion debate, legislators and activists emboldened by recent political developments plan to push aggressively in many states this year for bills high on their wish lists: either seeking to impose near-total bans on abortion or guaranteeing women’s access to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to strike down a Tennessee provision that requires people to live in the state for two years before obtaining a license to sell alcohol.

Several justices said the restriction unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor wants you to know she’s sorry. Justice Neil Gorsuch is only asking for some help.

When you sit through almost all the Supreme Court arguments in a week, a month or even a term (as The Associated Press does), you hear the same phrases over and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court case about excessive fines (all times local):

11:25 a.m.

The Supreme Court seems very likely to rule that the Constitution’s ban on excessive fines applies to the states. The outcome could help an Indiana man recover the $40,000 Land ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Only U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana survived President Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign to topple Democratic senators from Republican-leaning states who voted against his Supreme Court picks.

The president and his surrogates returned repeatedly to Montana, North ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on Montana’s U.S. Senate race (all times local):

4:55 p.m.

Montana Sen. Jon Tester is a rare survivor from President Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign to unseat Democrats in Republican-leaning states.

The president repeatedly returned to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended the court fight over repealed Obama-era “net neutrality” rules that required internet providers to treat all online traffic equally.

The court on Monday rejected appeals from the telecommunications industry seeking to throw out a lower court ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration to block the questioning of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross about his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

The unsigned order Monday overrides lower federal courts in New York that would have ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court and Justice Brett Kavanaugh (all times local):

10 p.m.

Brett Kavanaugh has taken the bench with his new Supreme Court colleagues for the first time.

The new justice dived into his new job, asking a handful of questions in the ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Matt Rosendale accuses his Democratic opponent, Sen. Jon Tester, of obstructing the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by refusing to meet with him before deciding to vote against his nomination.

The claim ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared willing Tuesday to extend protection from capital punishment to people with dementia who can’t recall their crime or understand the circumstances of their execution.

The eight justices heard arguments in the case of Alabama death row inmate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh first crossed paths over plates of beef stroganoff, shepherd’s pie and chicken cubes in a thick, yellow sauce. They weren’t business meals. They shared lunch period at their elite private high school.

Now, the two may dine together for ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced Thursday that she will join fellow Democrats in opposing President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, saying Brett Kavanaugh would “turn back the clock on a woman’s constitutional right and freedom to make her own health care ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Brett Kavanaugh is no Neil Gorsuch — at least as a television draw for their first night on the national political stage.

The Nielsen company said that 25.6 million people watched President Donald Trump’s prime-time announcement Monday that Kavanaugh is his nominee for a ...

Judge Thomas Hardiman was in the Washington area Monday, but it was for a meeting on court cybersecurity — not for a prime-time introduction as President Donald Trump’s choice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

It was the second time in two years that Hardiman was one of Trump’s finalists. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Television networks moved swiftly Monday from deciphering a mystery to setting up battle stations in their coverage of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Fox News Channel and MSNBC have become the two most popular networks in cable ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Television networks moved swiftly Monday from deciphering a mystery to setting up battle stations in their coverage of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Fox News Channel and MSNBC have become the two most popular networks in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court Monday night, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right.

A ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Let the bruising Senate Supreme Court confirmation battle begin.

Republicans are clamoring for a solid conservative majority on the Supreme Court while Democrats hope to sound a loud enough alarm about what Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the high ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — A family separation crisis of his own making continues at the border. His Environmental Protection Agency chief just quit amid mounting scandals. And he’s about to meet with an adversary accused of meddling in the 2016 election.

But President Donald Trump has ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — A family separation crisis of his own making continues at the border. His Environmental Protection Agency chief just quit amid mounting scandals. And he’s about to meet with an adversary accused of meddling in the 2016 election.

But President Donald Trump has ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — To keep his arrival in Washington secret, the Supreme Court nominee was driven along a back farm road and flown to the nation’s capital on a military jet. He stayed with friends, rather than at a hotel. That allowed President Donald Trump to build up the suspense until he ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — In a campaign stop that was both political and personal, President Donald Trump targeted Democrat Jon Tester on Thursday in a bid to get more Republicans elected to the Senate but also to punish the lawmaker he blames for derailing his nominee to lead the Department of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination is expected on Monday, with three federal judges leading the pack. Here’s a look at who they are (plus three more who haven’t been completely counted out just yet):

AMY CONEY BARRETT

Barrett, 46, was a former law ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court (all times local):

7 p.m.

President Donald Trump is promising to select a “great” Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.

The president said Tuesday at a “Salute ...