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The E.P.A. Is Barreling Toward a Supreme Court Climate Showdown
February 11, 2026
It is often said in Washington that Donald Trump’s advisers, cabinet members and allies are playing to an audience of one: the president. But Lee…
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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
February 10, 2026
In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress were racing to pass the biggest climate law in the country’s history and President Joseph R. Biden…
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More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda
February 10, 2026
Donald Trump’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels, including dirty coal, coupled with his administration’s moves to roll back wind and solar power, face mounting…
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New foreign aid rules will threaten lives
February 10, 2026
An op-ed co-written by Alicia Ely Yamin: On Jan. 23, Vice President JD Vance launched the Trump administration’s new plan to “promote families and human…
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What a Comparison With Roosevelt Reveals About Trump
February 6, 2026
An op-ed by Jack Goldsmith and Samuel Moyn: A little more than a year into President Trump’s second term, his executive power grabs have been…
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ICE Isn’t Just Breaking the Law. It’s Trying to Rewrite It
February 6, 2026
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: In an outrageous expansion of its authority, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now authorizing its agents to arrest anyone they…
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How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
February 6, 2026
In November of 2024, two weeks after voters returned President Donald Trump to office, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. summoned employees of the U.S.
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The 6 separations of power, and why they all matter
February 6, 2026
An op-ed by Cass Sunstein: As the 250th anniversary of our independence approaches, let us linger over the most important sentence that James Madison ever wrote, and…
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Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory won 20% raises and lower health care costs in their first UAW contract after nearly two years of bargaining.
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Private credit, an industry focused on lending to risky companies, has been one of the fastest-growing sectors on Wall Street, raking in trillions of dollars…
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Living in Tracy Chapman’s House
February 6, 2026
An essay by Jill Lepore: It wasn’t exactly a house or, I guess, it was less than a house. Specifically, it was half of a…
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China Could Be the Davos Winner As Trump Sows Chaos
February 6, 2026
After President Donald Trump primed this year’s Davos summit with a flurry of market-moving and ally-agitating proclamations, China is now pitching itself as a steadier…
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In recent days, President Donald Trump has called for Republican lawmakers to “nationalize” elections, but his actions outside Congress have sown the seeds to control…
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The push to turn Big Food into the new Big Tobacco
February 6, 2026
So you’re a bear in the forest, and you’re hungry. When you trundle toward a raspberry bush and get your first taste of ripe, sweet…
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The political cost of America’s surging electricity bills
February 6, 2026
At Ross McGregor’s family-owned factory in Springfield, Ohio, roaring presses slam, shape and weld metal to make parts for cars, farms and power plants. ……
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Biden Monuments Case to Focus on State Lawmakers’ Ability to Sue
February 6, 2026
Upcoming arguments in a challenge to the White House’s ability to create national monuments could determine whether state legislatures can bring lawsuits over the objections…
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Enforcement against polluters in the United States plunged in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, a far bigger drop than in the…
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Trump claims blue states have less-reliable, more expensive electricity. Here’s the reality
February 6, 2026
Electricity costs are climbing nearly everywhere in the United States. But, in recent months, the Trump administration has framed the problem as one impacting only…
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International Law for Some, but Not for All
February 6, 2026
An op-ed by Rayhan Asat: At Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney drew applause for his plea to middle powers to “build a new order…
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Undoing Utah National Monument Protections Risks Legal Chaos
February 6, 2026
Republicans have a clear path to open national monuments to mining and fossil fuels by tossing out Biden-era conservation plans, but legal analysts say such…
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New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University announces star-studded opening night
February 6, 2026
The 5th Annual New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University will open its 2026 event with a major conversation marking the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary.