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Lawmakers this week offered a mix of reservations and support — and more than a few shrugs — to the Interior Department’s plan to unify…
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The global wildlife trade is driving the spread of disease from animals to people, according to a new study of thousands of wild mammal species…
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For the better part of a decade, the legal and financial infrastructure surrounding coercive liability management exercises has been constructed almost entirely around one question:…
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In early 2026, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department took an unusually rapid approach to animal welfare enforcement, as part of her push to use…
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After weekend peace talks in Pakistan between the United States and Iran ended with no agreement, President Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would…
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An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: The first generation of parents to have resorted, at least occasionally, to mollifying their children by putting digital screens…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In an 8-1 decision last week, the Supreme Court struck down a Colorado law that prohibited so-called conversion therapy aimed…
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Lax oversight and political pressure. Cozy government and industry relationships. The deadly Deepwater Horizon offshore oil disaster in 2010 spurred a reckoning with what investigators…
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The Massachusetts House wants the Commonwealth to become the most restrictive state in the country for young people on the Internet, but some worry the…
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The wreckage Pam Bondi leaves behind
April 8, 2026
An article by Duncan Levin: In a remarkably short tenure as attorney general, Pam Bondi helped drag one of the country’s most respected institutions deeper…
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Efforts to block the Trump administration’s massive push to open immigrant detention facilities across the country will test the limits of a US Supreme Court…
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Massachusetts has the highest electricity bills in the continental US. But some ratepayers pay noticeably less.
April 8, 2026
Christine Moreau and Andrew Feland live just 10 miles from each other, but their household utility bills are worlds apart. Moreau lives in Worcester and…
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An article by Duncan Levin: On April 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Chatrie v. U.S., a Fourth Amendment case that could…
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Supreme Court Secrecy Includes Reasons for Recusal
April 8, 2026
The Supreme Court has gotten a lot of criticism lately for deciding important questions on its emergency docket without explaining its reasoning. Something similar is…
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It’s rarely been tougher to be a small lender to a private-equity backed company fighting to stay afloat. Some buyout firms are turning to side…
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Originalism Could Save Birthright Citizenship in America
April 3, 2026
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: President Donald Trump must have come to the Supreme Court for oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case hoping to…
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President Donald Trump’s effort to curtail mail voting through executive order will likely be ruled illegal in at least one of several lawsuits filed this…
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MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell on Wednesday invited former Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe to discuss President Donald Trump’s war on Iran and efforts to…
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People spoke in whispers and craned their necks Wednesday to watch as President Donald Trump broke with all sitting presidents before him and took a…
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The Trump administration’s “God Squad” headed into uncertain legal waters this week when it cited the war in Iran, national security, and litigation threatening oil…
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Laurence Tribe: We need to preserve and protect the Constitution, not ‘trash it’ like Trump does
April 2, 2026
During oral arguments on birthright citizenship, Chief Justice John Roberts underscored a key point, saying, “It’s a new world, but it’s the same Constitution.” Harvard…