The supreme court is set to issue its latest decisions on Thursday, potentially on some of the hot-button topic pending before the conservative-dominated body.

While there’s no telling in advance which cases the nine justices may rule on, two suits dealing with abortion and one directly with Donald Trump have yet to be resolved.

We will start with the one concerning the former president. He has asked the justices to rule that he is immune from federal prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, and in oral arguments, several conservative justices sounded partial to that argument. If they indeed reach that conclusion, it could further delay a trial that may prove pivotal to his chances of winning the 2024 election. Here’s more on that:

The other two cases deal with abortion, an issue that polls have shown is a top concern for voters, and one in which Democrats have had an edge ever since the supreme court’s conservatives overturned Roe v Wade two years ago, and allowed states to ban abortion.

Anti-abortion doctors have asked the justices to roll back the availability of abortion pill mifepristone but, in their oral arguments, the justices sounded skeptical:

The outcome was less apparent in a clash between the Biden administration and Idaho over whether federally funded hospitals could be required to perform abortions in emergencies, even in states that ban the procedure:

Good morning, US politics blog readers. It has been nearly a week since the New York Times broke the news that a flag associated with Donald Trump’s baseless fraud claims about the 2020 election flew outside the house of the conservative supreme court justice Samuel Alito, and Democrats appear to be gearing up to respond. Congressman Steve Cohen has proposed censuring Alito, while yesterday Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic leader, said flying the flag “casts some doubt on [his] impartiality”, and added he would be looking for ways to respond. Last year, Democrats convened the Senate judiciary committee to try to build support for legislation requiring the court to impose an enforceable code of ethics following earlier reports of ties between conservative justices and wealthy parties with interests before the court. But that legislation went nowhere in the face of Republican opposition, and there is no sign of that calculus changing today. Meanwhile, the conservative-dominated court is considering cases whose outcomes could weigh on the November presidential election, including Trump’s bid for immunity from charges related to his attempt to stop Joe Biden from taking office. We’ll let you know if Democrats elaborate on their next steps today.

Here’s what else is going on:

• Most Americans wrongly believe the country is in a recession, and put the blame on Biden, a new Harris poll conducted for the Guardian finds.

• Aileen Cannon, the judge in Trump’s classified documents case who recently delayed his trial indefinitely, will hold a hearing on motions from his lawyers to dismiss the charges.

• Biden welcomes Kenya’s president William Ruto to the White House at 4pm, where they will meet with CEOs and business leaders.