Law enabling citizens to sue anyone who ‘aids or abets’ abortions took effect last week

A cruel supreme court decision has sent tremors through the political system

Ban on terminations after six weeks of pregnancy set to affect up to 90% of cases

Tech giant to still bar developers telling customers about other ways to pay in iPhone apps

TV: In Off Camera with Sam Jones, the trailblazer knows his career is about more than bums on seats

Market Beat: Potential investors will need assurances that both sides can be partners

Paddy Power owner reports revenue growth of 32 per cent to €1.7 billion in first quarter

Alabama case is latest in series of legal fights over personal spiritual advisers at executions

Lisa Montgomery (52) one of last people scheduled for federal execution

US president-elect picks judge whose nomination to supreme court was blocked in 2016

Trump yet to concede presidential race to Biden despite losing by more than 7m votes

How Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker writer and CNN legal analyst, lost his sweetest gig

Plaintiffs asked court to nullify mailed ballots after the fact or to direct legislature to pick electors

Trump repeated attacks on Republicans who refuse to back him including Georgia’s governor Brian Kemp

An Irishman’s Diary

‘Calling an election unfair does not make it so,’ federal judge says

Four lawsuits in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin filed by Republican supporters are dropped

President-elect says Trump’s denial of the result is not slowing transition

Trump begins legal actions to stop counting process in some states

Trump’s vote has held up well, and Democrats’ hopes of retaking the Senate are fading

European shares close higher after volatile start to trading

President has filled court with conservatives and lawyers are ready to challenge election process, but proof will be crucial

Analysis: If Trump wins with minority vote, the legitimacy of electoral system will be questioned

Biden’s hope for a blue wave across the sunbelt failed to materialise

New US supreme court judge subjected to personalised attacks over family duties

The biggest loser in this game of political football is the reputation of the court itself

If Amy Coney Barrett is acceptable to Catholic bishops, Joe Biden should be too

Pope Francis has made clear that gay people must be treated with respect although apparently accepting church teaching that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered”

The House ushers in a special moment but has no time for unladylike behaviour

Barrett’s appointment would create 6-3 conservative majority in the supreme court

Brooklyn native was only the second woman to be appointed to the US Supreme Court

Judge’s death raises possibility of third Trump nominee to US supreme court

Supreme court clears way for murderer to be put to death against wishes of victims’ family

Shares have surged by more than 90 per cent over the past 2½ months,

US restricts arrivals from three African nations with Muslim-majority populations

NYT columnist briefly handing controls to her Trumpist sibling leaves readers with a problem

Company focusing on online business in light of new rules that cut slot machine stakes

Former ambassador to Ukraine Yovanovitch felt ‘threatened’ by president’s phone call

President tried to block New York district attorney from accessing records

Discovery was made in house of Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week