The Supreme Court is to issue its judgement on how a woman should be defined in law next week. The case is the culmination of a challenge brought against the Scottish government by a women's group. But the ruling could have a major bearing how sex-based rights are applied through the Equality Act across Scotland, England and Wales.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked on Tuesday a judge's order for President Donald Trump's administration to rehire thousands of fired employees.

The Supreme Court handed Trump a major victory, lifting a restraining order that had prevented the mass deportation of migrants to an El Salvador prison.

The case focuses on a judge's requirement that employees fired by the Trump administration be fully reinstated while litigation continues.

The 7-2 ruling is at least a temporary victory for President Donald Trump’s efforts to radically downsize the government and dismantle some federal agencies.

In response to the firings, a group of labor unions and nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit in federal district court in California. The lawsuit claimed that the Office of Personnel Management directed the mass terminations of probationary workers, acting outside of its authority.

The Supreme Court on Monday debated how to define religion as it considered a case on a faith-based tax break. The justices generally seemed to think the government officials involved had adopted the wrong approach, but they struggled to identify how best to ensure that only sincere religious actors and organizations can access exemptions.

The administration asked the high court to extend its argument schedule to consider the president’s power to dismiss executive branch officials.