President Donald Trump's sweeping assertions of executive power during his first weeks back in office appear headed toward U.S. Supreme Court showdowns, but it remains an open question whether or how much the justices might act to check his authority.

President Donald Trump’s administration is switching positions in a major Supreme Court case on transgender rights, backing away from the Biden administration’s opposition to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

While it was once rare for an administration to change its position in cases before the high court, Trump did so in his first term and has signaled he will do it again.

The Trump administration has told the Supreme Court that the federal government no longer backs transgender minors and their families in Tennessee who are challenging a state ban on gender-affirming c

The Trump administration told the US Supreme Court that states can constitutionally ban gender-affirming treatments for minors, flipping the federal government’s position in a high-profile case.

The Justice Department's new position was expected because President Trump had made opposition to transgender rights a central campaign theme.

The U.S. Department of Justice under the Trump administration is withdrawing its challenge of a Tennessee law – argued before the U.S. Supreme Court – that blocks gender-affirming care for children. A deputy solicitor general for the Department of Justice notified the nation’s highest court Friday that it no longer believes the state law denies