Jodi Kantor, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, joins The Lead.

In May 2025, the Supreme Court blocked a ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Edward Chen that had temporarily prohibited the government from ending Venezuela’s TPS designation (as well as an extension of that designation). Only Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the court’s brief, unsigned order.

In early January, as the country eagerly awaited a tariffs ruling that – as it turned out – was still more than a month away, Supreme Court watchers raised concerns about the court’s pace. They questioned whether the justices had fallen behind on ...

Supreme Court decision season is here. President Trump’s firings of officials long considered independent. His birthright citizenship restrictions. Transgender athlete bans. Guns. Campaign finance rules.