The ruling restores the ability of states to pass laws prohibiting it. Twenty-six states are seen as either certain or likely now to ban abortion.

J&J claimed that decades of independent scientific evaluations confirm Johnson's Baby Powder is safe, does not contain asbestos, and does not cause cancer.

In a brief order, the justices said Texas did not have legal standing to bring the case, abruptly ending what Trump had touted this week as his best hope for overturning the election.

The administration's actions, the justices ruled, were "arbitrary and capricious" under a federal law called the Administrative Procedure Act.

Workplace bias against gay and transgender employees has remained legal in much of the country, with 28 US states lacking comprehensive measures.

The court’s five conservative justices were in the majority and its four liberal justices dissented.

Trump has said the wall is needed to curb undocumented immigration and drug trafficking across the southern border while Democrats have called the wall immoral, ineffective and expensive.

According to villagers, the plant's construction and operations did not comply with the environmental plan.

The policy bars certain transgender people from serving in the US armed forces.

The Democrats complained about Republicans withholding documents about the nominee's past White House service while demonstrators voiced concern about what they saw as the threat posed by Brett Kavanaugh to abortion rights, healthcare access and gun control.

The US Supreme Court upheld Trump's Muslim ban with a 5-4 ruling–conservative justices in the majority and the liberal justices dissenting.

In the 5-4 ruling, the court said police generally need a court-approved warrant to get access to the data, setting a higher legal hurdle than previously existed under federal law.

Trump's travel ban – the third version of a policy he first sought to implement a week after taking office in January 2017 – blocks entry into the US of most people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.

Solicitor general Noel Francisco said in a court filing "time is of the essence" and asked the high court to rule on the case before its current term ends in June.

Created by Trump's predecessor, the DACA provides protection from deportation and work permits.

Justice Anthony Kennedy voiced concerns about endorsing discrimination against non-heterosexual people, but also about anti-religious bias.

The ban will now go fully into effect for people from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen seeking to enter the US.

Trump's 120-day ban on refugees ended on Tuesday and is set to be replaced by a new set of restrictions.

But in a partial win for Trump, the court gave the government more leeway to enforce a separate ban on refugees included in a March 6 executive order.

The US Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to block ruling that exempted grandparents of US citizens of refugees from Trump's travel ban.