/tags/u-s-supreme-court U.S. Supreme Court en-US Copyright Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:02:35 GMT /2025-12-04/texas-republicans-claim-victory-in-supreme-court-ruling-allowing-congressional-map-to-go-into-effect The state's top Republicans swiftly praised the Supreme Court's decision to allow Texas to use its controversial congressional map for the 2026 midterms. The map was designed to give Republicans as many as five new seats in the U.S. House. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:02:35 GMT /2025-12-04/texas-republicans-claim-victory-in-supreme-court-ruling-allowing-congressional-map-to-go-into-effect Blaise Gainey, Andrew Schneider | Houston Public Media /news/2025-12-04/supreme-court-lets-texas-use-gerrymandered-map-that-could-give-gop-5-more-house-seats The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Texas congressional map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:27 GMT /news/2025-12-04/supreme-court-lets-texas-use-gerrymandered-map-that-could-give-gop-5-more-house-seats Hansi Lo Wang /news/2025-11-21/supreme-court-temporarily-restores-texas-new-congressional-map-redistricting The administrative ruling is a first step before the court decides whether to pause the use of the 2025 map, drawn to increase GOP seats in the U.S. House, for the rest of the legal battle. Sat, 22 Nov 2025 02:37:20 GMT /news/2025-11-21/supreme-court-temporarily-restores-texas-new-congressional-map-redistricting Eleanor Klibanoff | The Texas Tribune /texas-news/2025-11-21/scotus-to-decide-which-congressional-map-texas-can-use The U.S. Supreme Court will now make a final decision on whether Texas can use its new congressional map, which was drawn this summer to benefit Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections. The outcome could have a huge impact on which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives in the future. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:25:44 GMT /texas-news/2025-11-21/scotus-to-decide-which-congressional-map-texas-can-use Blaise Gainey /news/2025-11-12/supreme-court-extends-its-order-blocking-full-snap-payments-with-shutdown-potentially-near-an-end The high court's decision keeps in place a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:17:51 GMT /news/2025-11-12/supreme-court-extends-its-order-blocking-full-snap-payments-with-shutdown-potentially-near-an-end The Associated Press /news/2025-11-09/trump-administration-again-asks-supreme-court-intervene-on-order-for-full-snap-benefits The administration's appeal to the high court over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program comes despite new efforts to end the federal shutdown, which would render the issue moot. Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:26:09 GMT /news/2025-11-09/trump-administration-again-asks-supreme-court-intervene-on-order-for-full-snap-benefits Tovia Smith, Chandelis Duster, Jennifer Ludden /business-economy/2025-11-03/texas-business-trump-tariffs-supreme-court-congress More than 230 Texas-based small business owners traveled to Washington D.C. last week to tell lawmakers about how uncertainty tied to tariffs and the federal shutdown is hurting them. Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:41:27 GMT /business-economy/2025-11-03/texas-business-trump-tariffs-supreme-court-congress Andrew Schneider | Houston Public Media /business-economy/2025-10-24/businesses-that-depend-on-the-port-of-houston-are-threatened-by-trumps-tariffs-and-the-government-shutdown The Trump administration's on-again, off-again tariffs are raising the cost of doing business for companies that depend on the port, potentially threatening millions of jobs that depend on its smooth operation. Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:11:41 GMT /business-economy/2025-10-24/businesses-that-depend-on-the-port-of-houston-are-threatened-by-trumps-tariffs-and-the-government-shutdown Andrew Schneider /news/2025-10-14/supreme-court-rejects-alex-jones-appeal-of-1-4-billion-defamation-judgment-in-sandy-hook-shooting A lawyer representing families of Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting victims says the Supreme Court was right to reject conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ appeal of the $1.4 billion defamation judgment against him for calling the massacre a hoax. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:15:00 GMT /news/2025-10-14/supreme-court-rejects-alex-jones-appeal-of-1-4-billion-defamation-judgment-in-sandy-hook-shooting The Associated Press /education/2025-07-30/dallas-office-civil-rights-lawyer-department-education-trump-administration The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Dallas hub was one of seven closed nationwide after the Trump administration began dismantling the department in March. OCR lawyer Brittany Coleman talked about the case with ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s Bill Zeeble. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:38:31 GMT /education/2025-07-30/dallas-office-civil-rights-lawyer-department-education-trump-administration Bill Zeeble