Donald Trump may be denied the opportunity to appoint another Supreme Court justice after Democrats' victory in the midterms.

The blue wave didn’t just hand Democrats control of the House and Senate. They’ve won back favorable terrain on the future of ...

Democrats’ reported Senate gains have revived Republican concerns about whether Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas ...

Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito Jr. appeared determined Monday to stay above the fray during his confirmation, implicitly deflecting charges that he is a conservative ideologue by telling the ...

In one of the biggest upsets in even this blue tsunami, Susan Collins is out, after holding her Maine Senate seat for 30 years. On Tuesday night, she conceded her loss to Democrat Troy Jackson. Given ...

Of all the Democratic appointees, if not all nine justices, Justice Kagan has a reputation as the most restrained and institutionalist. Until now.

The Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin talks with David Remnick about his hope for a midterm blue wave, the possibility of ...

For years, Supreme Court aspirants have avoided talking about how they might rule. Trump’s frustrations with his first-term ...

Left to right, Supreme Court associate justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) walks with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in May 2026 in Washington, DC.

Democrats who won control of Congress in the U.S. midterms plan investigations into Trump's family business and may block ...