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SEC to Lose About 500 Staffers to Buyout, Resignation Offers
March 25, 2025
About 500 staffers at the Securities & Exchange Commission have agreed to leave the agency in response to its $50,000 buyout and deferred-resignation offers, according…
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As Donald Trump aggressively seeks revenge against multiple foes in the US, he’s waging a vendetta using executive orders and social media against judges, law…
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The Trump administration announced plans to kill a key climate rule. It’s about time.
March 24, 2025
An 0p-ed by Ashley Nunes: A signature Biden-era climate rule is set to disappear. This month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would slash dozens…
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‘Hypocritical,’ ‘lawless,’ ‘a provocation’: Laurence Tribe slams Trump’s attacks on judges
March 24, 2025
As concerns grow that Donald Trump is leading America into a constitutional crisis, Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Laurence Tribe says that’s the wrong way…
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One year ago, Utah lawmakers unanimously enacted new religious liberty protections, bucking the national trend toward skepticism that’s led some legislators to put “religious freedom”…
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What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
March 21, 2025
A recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for regulations to protect customers’ personal and genetic data in light of biotech…
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Red states focus on “preferred resources” over renewables
March 21, 2025
Red states are launching efforts to limit renewables deployment on the grid, Nick writes. Why it matters: State legislators will be crucial to the national…
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Don’t count on the courts to save democracy
March 20, 2025
An op-ed co-written by Ryan D. Doerfler: Liberals are learning to love the courts again, after years of suspicion due to several noxious Supreme Court…
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USAID Ruling May Be Beginning of the End for Musk
March 20, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: A federal judge has held that Elon Musk and DOGE’s actions to shut down the US Agency for International Development…
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Two Boston-based law firms received letters from the Trump administration on Monday seeking information about their employment practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, going…
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Our Trans Protections Aren’t Strong Enough for the Trump Era
March 20, 2025
New York’s new shield law would “enshrine our state as a beacon of hope, a safe haven for trans youth and their families,” Governor Kathy…
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How to Liberate Electric Power
March 20, 2025
Within hours of being sworn in on January 20, President Donald Trump declared that America is in the midst of an energy emergency. The theme…
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Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday its intent to undo more than two dozen major environmental regulations dealing with greenhouse gas emissions, toxic air…
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‘Solar for Y’all’ faces hazy future in Louisiana
March 18, 2025
The future of millions of dollars in funding to help low-income Louisiana residents access solar energy has grown increasingly uncertain as the Trump administration attempts…
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The Alien Enemies Act Is a Weak Argument for Deportation
March 18, 2025
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport more than 200 Venezuelans alleging they are members…
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If Successful, I Would Call It a Coup: A Retired Judge’s Warning About Elon Musk’s Abuse of Power
March 17, 2025
A pair of federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers at the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense,…
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Judge Blocks Deportations of Venezuelans Under Wartime Law
March 17, 2025
A federal judge on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to cease use of an obscure wartime law to deport Venezuelans without a hearing, saying that…