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Supreme Court justices seemed ‘puzzled’ by Trump’s argument on tariffs, Prof. Laurence Tribe says
November 6, 2025
Laurence Tribe joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss how even some of the conservative justices on the Supreme Court seemed skeptical of the Trump administration’s…
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ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
November 6, 2025
As cars and trucks zoom by, Rurick Palomino points to the underside of the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge that spans the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.,…
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Policy advocates and SNAP beneficiaries welcomed Friday’s rulings blocking the Trump administration from halting food stamp payments but emphasized that many questions remain. On Saturday,…
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The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement
November 3, 2025
Last November, the day after the election, Daniel Vance was eating lunch in his truck when he noticed something move in the trees across the…
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What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk?
November 3, 2025
In 2018, Aaron Greenspan was a 30-something tech entrepreneur wondering what he should do with the several million dollars in his pocket. Unlike many in…
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A letter by Nancy Gertner: Jeff Jacoby reassures the reader that Chief Justice John Roberts’s court has not been bulldozing precedent willy-nilly. The court, he…
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Again and again since President Trump returned to the White House, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has blessed his boundary-pushing policies, allowing them to take…
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FERC chair says she won’t recuse herself from data center cases
October 31, 2025
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s new chair said this week she wouldn’t recuse herself from pending proceedings involving data centers and a client of her…
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Louisiana Republicans delay election calendar to prepare for possible redistricting effort
October 30, 2025
Louisiana’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed two bills Wednesday to delay the state’s spring elections, a move designed to give them time for a possible redraw of…
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The legal debate over Trump’s Title VI campus crackdown
October 30, 2025
The September ruling in Harvard University’s favor restoring roughly $2.2 billion in federal funding struck a short-term blow against the Trump administration’s use of civil…
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Pursuit of justice borne of personal experience with injustice
October 28, 2025
Rosalie Abella was 4 years old when she learned that her father hadn’t been allowed to practice law in Canada. “I had no idea what…
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If democracy survives, it’ll be because a handful of sleep-deprived federal judges refused to let it die on their watch. Federal district judges are overworked,…
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Trump and the Presidency That Wouldn’t Shut Up
October 27, 2025
An article by Jill Lepore: The list of figures in American history with whom Donald J. Trump has been compared since he announced his bid…
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Jill Lepore: ‘Most Forms of Tyranny Do Come to an End’
October 27, 2025
The Harvard historian Jill Lepore worries that citizens have become too passive, waiting for change to happen to them. She is on a mission to…
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Trump Administration Seeks to Speed Data Center Grid Connections and Expand Federal Control of Power System
October 27, 2025
A proposed rule from the Department of Energy would expand federal control over how large electricity users connect to the grid, with the goal of…
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Trump makes Laura Swett FERC chair. What will be her focus?
October 27, 2025
President Donald Trump on Thursday designated Laura Swett chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, marking the agency’s third leadership change in nine months. Swett…
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The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
October 24, 2025
Since he returned to office nine months ago, President Trump has sought to expand executive power across numerous fronts. But his claim that he can…
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Data centers have already paid Ameren Missouri $28M. If they come, everyone’s bills could rise
October 24, 2025
The director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development flipped through a slideshow at an October meeting about the future of power in the state.
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DOJ Lawyers’ Courtroom Lies Challenge Judiciary, Ex-Judges Say
October 23, 2025
Former federal judges are lamenting a new challenge their colleagues on the bench face: government lawyers making false statements in court. Federal prosecutors and lawyers…
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An article co-written by Maroussia Lévesque: At first glance, today’s artificial intelligence policy landscape suggests a strategic retreat from regulation. As of late, AI leaders…
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A Maine super PAC case could reshape campaign finance rules nationwide. Or it could backfire.
October 22, 2025
A federal court case from Maine now headed to Boston could decide the future of campaign finance in America. At stake is whether the government…