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U.S. SUPREME COURT

Money in politics mostly affirms politicians¡¯ existing beliefs and voter preferences and efforts to restrict it often end up empowering outside groups.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2026
Money isn¡¯t the root of all political evil
Money from super PACs and 501(c)4s flows to politicians that those entities already agree with and only helps as much as the candidate uses it.
Members of the League of United Latin American Citizens gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court after a decision on birthright citizenship in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 1, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court backs birthright citizenship in blow to Trump
In response, the U.S. president said on social media ¡°we could easily make it up in Congress through Legislation.¡±
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that asylum seekers stopped at the border cannot seek protection abandons the humanitarian purpose of American asylum law.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court just betrayed asylum seekers
The majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, is a case study in the absurdities of legalism and shows why it has been condemned since the days of Jesus of Nazareth.
President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 27.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2026
Trump administration drops $1.8 billion ¡®weaponization¡¯ fund after Republican backlash
The fund emerged after Trump¡¯s unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit ?against the IRS over the alleged mishandling of his tax records.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists as he makes his way to board Marine One before departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 8.
WORLD / Politics
May 21, 2026
Trump¡¯s $1.776 billion ¡®weaponization¡¯ fund sparks outrage, but court challenges will be tough
Congressional Democrats have derided what is known as the Anti-Weaponization Fund as a slush fund to steer taxpayer dollars to Trump¡¯s political allies.
U.S. Supreme Court associate justices Samuel Alito (left) and Clarence Thomas at the inauguration ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2026
As Clarence Thomas hits a milestone, his conservative stamp on the U.S. Supreme Court endures
Thomas has ?supported religious liberty, the death penalty and broad presidential powers, and has opposed gay marriage, affirmative action and campaign-finance reform.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, the day justices released a ruling in Louisiana vs. Callais. The Supreme Court¡¯s ruling on the Voting Rights Act in the middle of primary season could create a potentially chaotic scramble among states that may consider drawing new maps.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court guts key provision of Voting Rights Act
With November congressional elections looming, the decision could prompt Republican-led states to seek to redraw electoral maps in order to gain an advantage.
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday. The court heard a landmark case testing whether U.S. President Donald Trump can limit birthright citizenship, the long-held principle that nearly all children born in the United States are automatically citizens.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump order to restrict birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court proceedings come after a lower court found that Trump¡¯s order restricting birthright citizenship violated language in the U.S. Constitution¡¯s 14th Amendment.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has launched a systematic effort at the U.S. Supreme Court to diminish the power of the federal judiciary.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 8, 2026
How Donald Trump is pushing the Supreme Court to weaken federal judges
The Trump administration in the past year has raced to the Supreme Court with dozens of emergency requests to green-light policies impeded by lower-court judges.
U.S. President Donald Trump, along with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden on April 2. The U.S. Supreme Court¡¯s latest tariff decision challenges Trump¡¯s executive authority.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2026
U.S. top justices¡¯ ruling on tariffs marks a turning point
The tariffs case presented an especially good opportunity for the court to take on Trump because it could be confident that its decision would actually be implemented.
Shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, on Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2026
EU says it will accept no increase in U.S. tariffs after Supreme Court ruling
After the court struck down Trump¡¯s global tariffs on Friday, the U.S. ?president announced temporary, across-the-board tariffs of 10%, which he then hiked to ?15% a day later.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 21, 2026
Trump pivots to 10% global tariff and new probes after Supreme Court setback
The president pledged to use different tools to work around the Supreme court ruling and preserve import taxes he has cast as essential to his economic and foreign policy.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Friday. In a major setback for President Donald Trump¡¯s economic agenda, the top court ruled the same day that he could not invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to set tariffs on imports.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 21, 2026
¡®Embarrassment to their families¡¯: Trump denounces Supreme Court justices after tariffs ruling
Although previous presidents have sharply criticized Supreme Court rulings against them, Trump¡¯s lengthy tirade stood out for its contemptuous tone.
Containers are loaded on freight trains at the railroad shunting yard in Maschen, near Hamburg, Germany, in November 2019.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Feb 21, 2026
U.S. top court¡¯s tariff ruling offers little respite for global economy
Analysts expect another bout of activity-crimping confusion combined with near-certainty that Trump will seek other means to replace the raft of global tariffs now struck down.
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook outside the U.S. Supreme Court, as justices consider U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to fire her, in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
Cook and Powell watch as U.S. Supreme Court debates ¡®cause¡¯ to fire Fed officials
The case is seen as critical to the future of the central bank¡¯s independence.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Jan. 14
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 20, 2026
Trump¡¯s trade negotiator says response to tariff court loss would be immediate
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the president could turn to different legal authorities to impose similar tariffs worldwide.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seriously considering a ban on counting votes received after election day.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2025
Trump is canceling the rule of law ¡ª and U.S. democracy
His administration refuses to be bound by anything so ordinary and mundane as the laws that Congress passes.
U.S. National Guard members at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Broadview facility in Chicago in October. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called the high court's ruling on the national guard "an important step in curbing the Trump administration's consistent abuse of power and slowing (President Donald) Trump¡¯s march toward authoritarianism."
WORLD
Dec 24, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump¡¯s military deployment in Chicago area, for now
The rejection was a rare setback for the president¡¯s administration at the high court, which has often backed his assertions of presidential authority.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a document during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington in July.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2025
Will the U.S. Fed be allowed to do its job?
Will the central bank maintain enough autonomy and credibility to promote financial stability and employment if politics, debt and market exuberance head the other way?
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington in April.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 23, 2025
Trump White House prepares tariff fallback ahead of court ruling
The Trump administration is working behind the scenes on fallback options if the Supreme Court strikes down one of his major tariff authorities.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
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