Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak

The 5-to-4 decision is the latest setback for the agency and could have sweeping implications for curtailing water pollution offshore.

Three cases all stem from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, which often finds itself to the right of...

Republican-led states and industry groups argued that the Environmental Protection Agency had moved too fast and imposed onerous regulations.

The court, which has limited the sweep of several anti-corruption laws, distinguished after-the-fact rewards from before-the-fact bribes.

The decision comes after revelations about undisclosed property deals and gifts have intensified pressure on the court to adopt such a code.

The unanimous decision interpreted a federal civil rights law to require employers to make substantial efforts to accommodate their workers’ religious practices.

A novel Pennsylvania law requires corporations that do business in the state to consent to being sued there, even if the suits have nothing to...