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Civil Cases Against Major Polluters Plummet Under Trump
August 8, 2025
The Trump administration has filed far fewer civil cases accusing companies of violating environmental rules than its predecessors, an analysis of federal data shows. In…
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To hear Jamie Dimon tell it, which he does quite often, US financial regulations are out of control. “It has been taken to a whole…
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Zeldin slams ‘overreach’ for halting Constitution pipeline
August 8, 2025
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin bashed “overreach” and “climate zealots” for blocking a pipeline in New York and called for its construction to begin in order…
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Post-Dobbs abortions rise in Texas
August 8, 2025
Texas has seen the country’s highest number of medication abortions via telehealth under shield law protections, per a recent national report. The big picture: The…
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As artificial intelligence accelerates the demand for power in the U.S., data centers are expanding to help meet the growing need, but AARP advocates are…
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The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot
August 6, 2025
A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world’s first gene-edited babies. His work…
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Trump Amps Up an Obama Strategy to Crack Down on Colleges
August 6, 2025
To show they are serious about stamping out campus antisemitism, some of the nation’s top universities are adding a powerful position to their administrative ranks.
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GHG Regs Rollback Would Test Clean Air Act Interpretation
August 6, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to eliminate a pillar of climate change regulation could test the agency’s — and courts’ — interpretations of Clean…
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Here’s how we all ended up paying Big Tech’s power bill
August 6, 2025
In several states, public utilities are asking power-hungry data centers to cover more of their mounting electricity costs. Utilities have long enforced special terms and…
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The Trump administration has formally declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are not dangerous pollutants. If the president gets his way, then the…
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Artificial intelligence is seeping into daily routines, helping to craft emails, keep track of schedules and manage other tasks more efficiently. Much of AI’s potential…
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For years, Republicans have sought to consolidate power at the state and federal level by controlling the redistricting process through which congressional boundaries are drawn.
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Medicaid was my passport to the world
August 6, 2025
An article by Anne Fracht: My first seizure came when I was 11 years old. My mother took me out of school and from hospital…
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An op-ed written by Jody Freeman:President Trump has been trying to eliminate climate regulations since his first day back in office when he signed an…
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When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans 20 years ago this month, Meghan Garvey was fresh out of law school. She was not even certified to…
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Nineteen years ago, toward the end of the George W. Bush Administration, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a case prompted by government…
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The Supreme Court Has Finally Found a President It Likes
August 5, 2025
The six-member conservative majority on the Supreme Court has become a key enabler of President Trump’s agenda. “Since May, federal district courts have ruled against…
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This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous
August 4, 2025
An op-ed co-written by Nancy Gertner: Last week, in a post on social media, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Justice Department filed a misconduct…
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McDermott and Schulte complete latest US law firm merger
August 4, 2025
U.S. law firms McDermott, Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel have completed their planned merger, as firms’ appetite for greater legal market share…
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An op-ed by Cass Sunstein: Democrats need alliances between Baptists and bootleggers. So do Republicans, but right now, they have plenty of those alliances, which is…
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Massachusetts environmental lawyers and advocates warned this week that a regulatory change proposed by the Trump administration will make it more difficult for the government…