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Data centers face a sweeping new power regime
October 8, 2026
Lawmakers are considering forcing data centers to shoulder new costs and restrictions while speeding up the energy infrastructure needed to power the AI boom. Why…
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Financial insiders are buying their own stock at the slowest pace in nearly 23 years—a ‘negative data point’ just as bank earnings kick off
October 8, 2026
As Wall Street’s biggest banks prepare for Q3 earnings starting next week, in one sense things have never looked better. Trading desks have been setting…
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has built a national following by channeling the energy of Americans who are worried about the influence of corporations,…
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Supreme Court wrestles with who should pay for climate change
October 7, 2026
The Supreme Court opened its 2026-2027 term Monday with a climate case: a lawsuit brought by Boulder, Colorado, against Exxon Mobil and Suncor, a Canadian…
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Harvard resisted Trump’s pressure. It also made reforms on antisemitism, free speech.
October 7, 2026
During his second term, President Donald Trump has been suing, threatening, and imposing penalties on universities that, in his view, have become promoters of radical…
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Aging Coal Plants Turn Into a Midterm Fight Over Energy Costs
October 7, 2026
Craig Unit 1, a coal-fired power plant distinguished by tall exhaust smokestacks that rise above a rolling landscape in northwestern Colorado, was scheduled to close…
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Zombie Originalism
October 6, 2026
An op-ed by Jack Goldsmith: Samuel Alito is, with Clarence Thomas, one of the two most conservative sitting Supreme Court justices. In his 20 years…
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Why Cities and States Are Fighting Climate Change in Courtrooms
October 6, 2026
The fight over who should pay the soaring costs of climate change — the intensifying wildfires, storms and heat waves — has moved to the…
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The Supreme Court will hear from three lawyers during the oral arguments in the landmark climate change case. First up will be Kannon K. Shanmugam,…
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Supreme Court to hear case Monday on if localities can sue oil companies for climate damages
October 6, 2026
The Supreme Court will hear a major climate case Monday that could determine the future of state and local efforts to recover damages from fossil…
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How much are AI data centers adding to your electricity bill?
October 5, 2026
ELISSA NADWORNY, HOST: The construction of huge, new AI data centers has become a political lightning rod. Communities near proposed projects are raising questions about…
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The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Will Consolidate Their Gains
October 5, 2026
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Over the last several years, the Supreme Court has overturned abortion rights, ended affirmative action in higher education, given the…
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President Trump’s second term has revealed many weaknesses in America’s political system. This is one of them: It turns out that the government can function…
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The Supreme Court faces another term jam-packed with controversy
October 5, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court formally opens a new term on Monday, with big test cases on religion, bans on semi-automatic weapons, climate change, immigration and…
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Matthew Farwell murder trial in Sandra Birchmore’s death begins this week with jury selection
October 5, 2026
In the high-profile James “Whitey” Bulger case, federal court officials cast a wide net and summoned 858 people to find a jury for the notorious…
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Donald Trump helped create the most conservative Supreme Court in generations by adding three justices to the bench during his first presidency. Now, as the…
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The End of MAGA — and What Comes Next
October 5, 2026
The moment is approaching when “Make America Great Again” will no longer be the prevalent strain of U.S. conservative politics. Since MAGA as a movement…
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Native nations sue over Endangered Species Act changes
October 5, 2026
The Smokehouse Tidal Marsh project on the Swinomish Indian Reservation, which began in 2022, will turn 250 acres of former agricultural land into estuaries and…