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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that presidents have absolute immunity for their core constitutional powers. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Greenbrier Farms on June 28 in Chesapeake, Va. The judge in the classified documents case against him has paused some deadlines. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Tabitha (l) helps Sam (r) remove his socks and leg braces. Tuesday, June 18th, 2024 in Georgia, United States. Cindy Elizabeth/NPR hide caption
The Chinese and the Olympic flag wave during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations despite positive tests for banned substances, allowing them to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Games. Petr David Josek/AP hide caption
Justice Department opens a criminal probe of the Chinese Olympic doping scandal
A person holds a sign that says "VOTING RIGHTS NOW" during a peace walk in Washington, D.C., on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2022. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves federal court following the day's proceedings in his bribery trial on Wednesday in New York. Larry Neumeister/AP hide caption
Attorney General Merrick Garland drafted some of the policies that guarantee the Justice Department's independence from the White House in his first big job after law school. Those policies are now in peril. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court's immunity decision could have implications for the Justice Department
In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids
Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas is the first congressional Democrat to publicly call for President Biden to withdraw from his reelection bid after last week's poor debate performance.
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Rep. Doggett is the first Democrat in Congress to call on Biden to withdraw
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963 during the March on Washington, where King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court ended a historic and momentous term this week. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A closer look at the Supreme Court's decisions this historic and controversial term
A New York judge delayed former President Trump's sentencing until September. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Karen Read, right, smiles as defense attorney David Yannetti, front left, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., after the judge declared a mistrial on Monday. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., on April 29, 1999. Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, was denied parole this week. Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star/AP hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court has found that former President Donald Trump is partially immune from prosecution.
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Trump Wins Broad Immunity, Beryl Makes Landfall, First Millennial Saint
A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., April 21, 2022. What would be the nation's largest export terminal for liquified natural gas won approval from a federal commission on June 27, 2024, although when the southwest Louisiana project will be completed remains unclear. Martha Irvine/AP hide caption
President Biden gives remarks on the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity at the White House on July 1. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
The US Supreme Court on July 1, 2024, in Washington, DC. DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court rules Trump is immune from prosecution for certain official acts
An agave Margarita and gin Martini made by mixologist Jacques Bezuidenhout sit on a bar in the Starlight Room of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, Dec. 20, 2012. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday put two social media laws on hold, sending the Texas and Florida cases back to lower courts for more review. Both laws sought to regulate social media platforms. Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images hide caption
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during the start of a special session in Baton Rouge, La., on Jan. 15, 2024. Landry signed a bill in June allowing surgical castration to be a potential punishment for certain sex offenses against children. Michael Johnson/The Advocate/AP hide caption
In Kentucky, abortions are banned in almost all circumstances except in cases when a pregnant women's life is in imminent danger of death or permanent injury. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption