A new study shows that moral arguments appealing to care and fairness can persuade both liberals and conservatives in the ...

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But ...

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making ...

Michael A. Little does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three lower courts have ruled illegal President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose worldwide tariffs. Now the Supreme Court, with three justices Trump appointed and ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday started weighing the legality of tariffs that have raised costs on clothing and toys from China, cars and trucks from Canada and Mexico, liquor from Europe, and much ...

The Supreme Court appeared deeply concerned Wednesday with President Donald Trump’s reliance on a vague federal law to impose global tariffs, with several members of the court’s conservative wing ...

Ella al-Shamahi is a palaeoanthropologist and evolutionary biologist who grew up as a creationist. She talks to Here & Now's Scott Tong about how, when she went to college, she thought she'd be able ...

• Major case: The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in a major case that threatens to undermine the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Louisiana v. Callais centers on the creation of a second ...

ACLU staff attorney Megan Keenan shares her thoughts after oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais today. We won't allow politicians to try and dilute the power of Black voters in Louisiana or anywhere ...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, a challenge to the state’s congressional map that could shape the fight over the Voting Rights Act. The court also heard ...