Sotomayor was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009. She has been one of the most liberal on the country's highest court.

The first vote the lame-duck Senate will take as it returns Tuesday will be on a nominee for a Chicago federal court, kicking ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for "border czar," Thomas Homan, is ready to lead a hardline approach to immigration.

Jamal Simmons, former communications director for Kamala Harris, suggested President Biden should step down to make Harris ...

Despite pressure from some liberal activists urging Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down so Democrats can fill her seat before political power shifts in January, sources close to the justice say she ...

Despite urgent speculation in liberal legal circles and some talk among Democratic senators of potentially outright urging Justice Sonia Sotomayor to resign, sources close to the senior liberal ...

Despite a push to retire before President-elect Trump takes office, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor plans to stay on.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor refuses to retire despite progressive pressure, citing good health and commitment to ...

Donald Trump's critics warn that he will have "no guardrails" in a second term, but his agenda and his personal impulses won’t proceed entirely unchecked.

(As Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent, the ruling “will have disastrous consequences for the presidency and for ...

discussed Senate Republicans' battle over new leadership, Sen.-elect Dave McCormick being excluded from orientation and why ...

(CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made clear she has no plans to step down, according to people close to her, ...