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If convicted in any of the three criminal cases he is now facing, Donald Trump may be able to influence whether he goes to prison…
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Billions for clean energy caught in a partisan tug of war
August 7, 2023
The next few months will be critical for the success or failure of the biggest environmental program in last year’s climate, tax and health care…
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Termination risks, collecting unemployment: A look at workers rights amid a ‘summer of strikes’
August 7, 2023
The recent wave of worker strikes have ushered in a new era: the “summer of strikes,” also known as hot strike summer. Employees at UPS,…
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FERC strains to get big transmission plan moving
August 7, 2023
After approving changes to help connect wind and solar to the grid, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission faces another daunting task: getting more power lines…
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A new lawsuit alleges that Cigna uses artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to inappropriately deny “hundreds or thousands” of claims at a time, bypassing legal requirements…
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At 11.30am on 14 December 2020, Greg Bluestein, a political reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, hurried into the Georgia state capitol at the start of…
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Lawsuit seeks Wisconsin Supreme Court’s help on changing GOP-drawn legislative voting maps
August 4, 2023
Another battle over legislative district voting maps is underway in Wisconsin. A liberal-leaning legal coalition representing 19 state residents has filed a lawsuit. The suit…
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For Barry Jones, the compensation for spending 28 years on Arizona’s death row before his release in June could come out to about $10 a…
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Erin Burnett OutFront
August 4, 2023
Professor Laurence Tribe provides commentary on former President Trump’s not guilty plea, courtroom manner, and implications of his numerous arrests in the past four months.
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Extreme Heat and Air Rule Delays Exacerbate Deadly Exposures
August 3, 2023
Extreme heat fueled by climate change is boiling swaths of the US, worsening exposure to toxic air pollution while key emissions regulations remain tied up…
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Trump Indictment Defends America’s Battered Democracy
August 2, 2023
An op-ed by Noah Feldman: This is the big one: the first time the Department of Justice has ever indicted a former president for subverting…
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When Donald Trump was indicted in Manhattan in March, it was the first time in U.S. history that a president or former president had faced…
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US pork firms divided over bill in Congress to overturn California animal welfare law
August 2, 2023
Some big U.S. pork producers that have spent money to comply with a California law requiring more living space for certain farm animals are lukewarm…
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Prof. Tribe on Trump’s ‘monumental’ third indictment
August 2, 2023
Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe tells MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell that while the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith was “a brilliant stroke,” he voices his…
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Criminals on campus: Student sexual assault survivors seeking justice face murky process under Title IX amid political shifts
August 1, 2023
Early in the morning on a fall day in 2020, a Harvard student was abruptly awoken at a friend’s out-of-state home by a classmate sexually…
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday finalized long-awaited new rules intended to reform how power generation projects get connected to the electric grid, seen…
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The 73-year-old court can nullify executive acts, parliamentary laws and amendments to the Constitution. It also has the power to initiate cases independently, appoint “friends…
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Could the Next Pandemic Start at the County Fair?
July 28, 2023
It was showtime at the youth swine exhibition, and the pig barn was bustling. …To Americans, spillover might seem like a distant problem, a danger…
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‘Unintended consequences’ Harvard Law School says EATS Act could backfire on Iowa farmers
July 27, 2023
“Very real unintended consequences.” That’s what Harvard University Law School says about a bill proposed by Congresswoman Ashley Hinson. The school is sounding the alarm…
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Walking Out of the Dream Factory
July 27, 2023
In the 1930s when the Three Stooges started appearing in movies, television was little more than experimental. …This existential quality of the Hollywood strike connects…
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Society Leaves Disabled Communities Sweltering
July 26, 2023
Stephanie Wills has been legally blind since birth. She was born with chorioretinal coloboma, a condition where a person’s retina does not fully develop in…