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Social media has been on trial in Los Angeles Superior Court although you might not know it. There were no crowds outside the court on…
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The Village of Sleepy Hollow, once a quiet manufacturing town 30 miles north of New York City, has been transformed as waves of immigrants from…
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Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has Hit a Snag
March 11, 2026
Almost immediately after Donald Trump took office for the second time, the White House and the Department of Education launched a shock-and-awe assault against its…
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Gas giant ExxonMobil is one step closer to bringing its legal home to Texas—a move that may sound bigger than it actually is for Houston.
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Why the Clean Air Act was never a ‘good fit’ for climate
March 10, 2026
Three presidents have used the Clean Air Act to curb planet-warming pollution. If President Donald Trump gets his way, they will be the last. But…
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Anthropic filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Defense and other federal agencies on Monday, challenging its designation of the AI company as…
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Anew Massachusetts state law passed in November 2025 will make records from state institutions for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities or mental health conditions…
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When President Trump issued an abrupt order last month compelling the production of glyphosate, the controversial weedkiller known as Roundup, he angered health activists who…
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A next potential front in the redistricting war could involve who is counted for state legislative districts. For decades, mapmakers have generally drawn the districts…
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Is Trump’s War on Iran Legal?
March 5, 2026
Presidents have to get the approval of Congress before going to war. So what happened with Iran? Harvard Law professor and Bloomberg Opinion columnist Noah…
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How the Decision to Start a War Became the President’s
March 5, 2026
Since World War II, presidents of both parties have found ways to hollow out the Constitution’s constraints on their power to order military attacks. President…
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Do U.S. Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?
March 5, 2026
An article by Jill Lepore: Whether a nation has just cause to begin a war and whether it conducts that war justly are matters of…
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The Trump administration is turning to rarely used laws to circumvent environmental restrictions and expand logging in certain Pacific Northwest forests, legal analysts and advocates…
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Seven major technology companies that rely on power-guzzling data centers to train their AI models signed a pledge promising to pay more for electricity in…
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Is social media responsible for what happens to users?
March 4, 2026
A Los Angeles jury will decide whether Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are addictive and causing harm to teenagers and children — and whether they…
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An op-ed by Jody Freeman: On February 12, the Environmental Protection Agency rescinded its “endangerment finding” for greenhouse gases, claiming it lacks authority to regulate…
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The Supreme Court Has a Marijuana Problem
March 4, 2026
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: The 17.7 million Americans who use marijuana daily or near-daily can relax: The Supreme Court appears poised to hold that…
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Secret food chemicals: New analysis finds over 100 unreviewed substances added to products
March 4, 2026
Over 100 chemicals of unknown safety are hiding in the food Americans eat every day – including sports drinks, snack bars, cereals and much more…