Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a general was arrested after President Luis Arce slammed a “coup” attempt against the government and called for international support. Earlier in the day, military units led by General Juan Jose Zuniga, recently stripped of his military command, had
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the Securities and Exchange Commission in a dispute over the agency’s ability to use in-house tribunals to seek civil penalties against defendants for securities fraud, stripping the agency of a key enforcement tool. The court ruled 6-3 against the SEC in the case, finding that the
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed abortions to be performed during certain medical emergencies in Idaho, reinstating a lower court order that blocked the state from enforcing its near-total ban when an abortion is needed to preserve the health of the mother while legal proceedings continue. The dispute pitted Idaho’s measure, enacted after
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday derailed a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, siding with the Biden administration over its objections to the agreement’s broad protection for the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to their role in the opioid epidemic. In a 5-4 opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court
CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday derailed a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, siding with the Biden administration over its objections to the agreement’s broad protection for the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to their role in the opioid epidemic. In a 5-4 opinion
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to block an environmental rule that aims to curb air pollution and address harmful smog that travels from certain states into others while legal proceedings continue. In a 5-4 decision, the court granted the request from Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, as well as energy companies and
Trump-endorsed Rep. Celeste Maloy clings to 2-point lead over veteran Colby Jenkins in the nation’s only undecided June 25 intraparty preliminary. Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-Utah) has a 2-percentage point lead over former U.S. Army Green Beret Colby Jenkins, with ballots from about 11 percent of precincts—as many as 8,000 votes—still uncounted early on June 27