US Appeals Court

A group of immigrants has asked the US Supreme Court to leave in place a lower-court ruling that blocks the Trump administration from deporting them to third-party countries they have no connection to. The emergency appeal asks the justices to preserve protections while litigation over the removal policy continues, in a test of how far the administration can go in carrying out its aggressive immigration enforcement agenda.

The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to allow it to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons. The request seeks to lift lower-court rulings that blocked the policy, and the case adds to ongoing legal battles over transgender rights and executive authority that are drawing national attention.

A US court has ordered Apple to pay roughly $5.7 billion for infringing a haptics patent used in the iPhone and Apple Watch. The verdict ranks among the largest patent damages awards ever issued against a tech company and could affect the vibration feedback technology in millions of Apple devices. Observers expect Apple to appeal the ruling, and the case is drawing attention across the tech and legal worlds because of its sheer size and potential precedent.