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Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and attorney Abbe Lowell, arrive at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump’s firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Supreme Court poised to grant Trump broader firing powers over independent agencies

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts speaks during lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Chief Justice Roberts blocks ruling that threatened Trump personnel moves

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

D. John Sauer, then-special assistant attorney general with the Louisiana Department of Justice, testifies during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

DOJ asks Supreme Court to intervene in immigration judge gag order case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Pedestrians crossing from Mexico into the United States at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego wait in line on Dec. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) **FILE**

Justices to hear case challenging Trump’s border turn-back policies

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Export vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, near Tokyo, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Regulation or tax? Trump’s focus on money-raising power of tariffs muddies pitch to Supreme Court

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A grocery store meat handler stocks poultry, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at a grocery store in Baltimore on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) **FILE**

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him block some food stamp payments

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supporters hold banners as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him block $4 billion in foreign aid before deadline

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court in Washington is shown here on Oct. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Trump asks Supreme Court to block $12 billion in foreign assistance

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An ICE Special Response Team member stands guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, while protesters gather outside to denounce the ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, operations, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer) **FILE**

Trump asks Supreme Court to approve ICE’s arrests in Los Angeles

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Men seeking asylum, including Peruvians, line up as they wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico nearby, on April 25, 2024, in Boulevard, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Trump fights borderline asylum; Supreme Court asked to define migrant ‘arrival’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon listens in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow firings at Education Department

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, July 10, 2011, photo, Southern Sudanese wave the national flag in the capital Juba. (AP Photo/Pete Muller) **FILE**

Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to speed deportations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump asks Supreme Court to shut down ‘intrusive’ probe of DOGE

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump asks justices to OK broad presidential powers on immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Elon Musk speaks at a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Supreme Court asked to lift block on DOGE access to Social Security data

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times