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Conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his family, in a transaction worth more than $100,000 that Thomas never reported, according to the non-profit investigative journalism organization ProPublica.

The nine Supreme Court justices heard arguments Tuesday from both the Biden Administration and attorneys from Texas and Louisiana, regarding an immigration enforcement policy that the two states successfully sued to block. 

Evidence presented at the Jan. 6 hearing on Thursday shows that former President Donald Trump knew he lost the 2020 election but continued to publicly deny the results, including emails from Secret Service that describe the former president’s dissatisfaction at losing legal election challenges. “Supreme Court denied his law suit [sic]. He is livid now.”

Ketanji Brown Jackson said before the Supreme Court’s term began that she was “ready to work.” The first Black woman on the high court and its newest justice made that clear during arguments in the opening cases this past week. The numbers tell the story.

The U.S. Supreme Court is giving the Biden administration the ability to end the so-called “Remain in Mexico” policy that has forced thousands of migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. to wait in Mexico for their hearings.

History was made Thursday afternoon as Ketanji Brown Jackson became Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. NBC 5’s political reporter Julie Fine reports.

The Supreme Court ruled against Texas in a fight over immigration. Justices said the Biden administration can shutdown a program that forced people who crossed into Texas seeking asylum back to Mexico. It was in Mexico that tent cities popped up and became a place for crimes and rough living conditions.

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to regulate greenhouse gases created by power plants.

NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards spoke with a constitutional law expert about some of the challenges the state will face when it comes to enforcing new abortion restrictions.

To know what the future will look like under a Texas law criminalizing abortion, appellate attorney David Coale suggests looking back about two years.

While the world was in disarray following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Meadow Walker made a difficult choice.

Those with positions on both sides of the abortion debate are letting their voices be heard following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade drew protesters in North Texas cities Friday.

About 1,000 abortion rights advocates marched in the streets of downtown Dallas Friday night to protest the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Protesters swarmed sidewalks and streets Friday afternoon following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Those with positions on both sides of the abortion debate are letting their voices be heard following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade.

The Roe v. Wade ruling has Texas abortion providers responding to legal uncertainty but shutting down their services.

The landmark Roe v. Wade ruling has its roots in Dallas 52 years ago.

Texas abortion providers are closing their doors in the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision while anti-abortion advocates are likely looking to expand their presence.

The United States Supreme Court decision has an immediate impact on abortion access here in Texas with the limited number of abortion providers in the state shutting down amid legal uncertainty.