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D.C. and more than a dozen states sue TikTok

NPR's Juana Summers talks with D.C. AG Brian Schwalb about the new lawsuit against TikTok alleging that the social media platform causes harm to kids and operates in an illegal virtual economy.

SCOTUS hears case on homemade guns

The case is part of efforts to regulate what critics call "ghost guns," which are made from kits and don't have serial numbers.

The case for and against homemade guns, as the Supreme Court considers 'ghost guns'

The Supreme Court hears a case about efforts to regulate homemade guns.

Can ghost guns be regulated as firearms? The Supreme Court will decide

The government contends that ghost guns kits count as a firearm under a 1968 law. But those challenging the rule contend “a kit of parts is not a weapon.”

Supreme Court to look at transgender care and homemade guns in new term

The Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday.

Texas man scheduled to be executed for 'shaken baby syndrome'

A Texas man is scheduled to be put to death in 10 days in what would be the nation’s first execution for “shaken baby syndrome." That’s a now-disproven theory that claims violently shaking a baby can result in fatal brain damage without any other signs of physical trauma.

Guns, transgender rights, porn: The Supreme Court begins another term

For the most part, the justices still try to portray the court as amicable, but you don’t have to be a genius to see that they are not exactly happy campers.

Arguing before a changed U.S. Supreme Court

What's on the Supreme Court's agenda ahead of the new term

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe previews the upcoming Supreme Court term with reporter Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog.

After Congress let the child tax credit expire, some communities are filling the gap

The child tax credit passed by Congress at the height of the pandemic has expired, but states and other local jurisdictions are trying to step in to fill the gap with their own programs and funding.