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When Congress rewrote the rules for Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis, it put the Federal Reserve at the center of oversight for the…
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The warnings to residents in the south-east US came right before Christmas: delay washing clothes or running the dishwasher, and curb hot water use until…
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International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin over Russia’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine
March 20, 2023
The International Criminal Court said Friday it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement…
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ChatGPT Libeled Me. Can I Sue?
March 17, 2023
ChatGPT is impressive at parsing and generating English sentences, but it has a problem with facts. If you’re a public figure of moderate renown, that…
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One week after the stunning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, policymakers in Washington are confronting the uncomfortable prospect that they could have anticipated the trouble…
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An op-ed by Noah Feldman: Tennessee has passed a law aimed at restricting drag performances, an art form that often involves exaggerated gender performance and…
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Is Fox News Really Doomed? It certainly appears like they will lose a major lawsuit over election lies.
March 16, 2023
Shortly after Donald Trump lost the presidential election, two of his lawyers, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, convened a deranged press conference proclaiming that Trump…
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How the Start-Up Nation Could Fail
March 16, 2023
An article co-written by Lucian Bebchuk: Israel’s ruling coalition is now pushing through its parliament an array of major legal changes that would greatly curtail…
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Red State Copycats Follow Florida’s Lead On Voter Suppression And Create More Election Police
March 16, 2023
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, a Republican, announced this week that he was launching an Election Integrity Unit to investigate nonexistent widespread voter fraud in…
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A Texas lawsuit attempting to ban pills used in medical abortions could have an impact on how the FDA approves medicines as a whole. “To…
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Federal Reserve and Lawmakers Eye Bank Rules After Collapse
March 16, 2023
The Federal Reserve is facing criticism over Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, with lawmakers and financial regulation experts asking why the regulator failed to catch and…
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On Monday a transgender woman from Saudi Arabia published a suicide note that incriminates her parents with forcing her to detransition. Eden Knight lived in…
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An op-ed by Daniel Tarullo: The repercussions of the Silicon Valley Bank failure are still rippling through the financial system. While much remains to be…
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Harvard career expert: The No. 1 ‘desirable skill’ that very few people have—especially men
March 15, 2023
An article by Heidi Gardner: When young people ask me for career advice, I always tell them: “Don’t just focus on your own accomplishments. Be…
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Nowadays, Daniel Tarullo teaches at Harvard Law School. But not too long ago, he was leading the charge on bank regulation. Between 2009 and 2017,…
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For the first time, researchers have created mice with two biologically male parents by manipulating the chromosomes inside a stem cell. Katsuhiko Hayashi, a stem…
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Powell’s Legacy Risks Being Tarnished More by SVB Collapse
March 15, 2023
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank threatens to further besmirch the reputation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, on top of the blemish he’s suffered…
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Ukraine war crimes cases to open as International Criminal Court seeks 1st arrest warrants since Russia’s invasion
March 15, 2023
On March 2, 2022, just one week into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Kahn opened…
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An op-ed co-written by Laurence Tribe: On Friday, District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who is among the most reactionary of former President Donald Trump’s appointees, signaled…
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Is the American Catholic Church Fueling the Far Right?
March 14, 2023
A book review by Noah Feldman: Just how conservative is the Catholic Church? So conservative that, when Pope Francis recently said that homosexuality is a…
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On Monday, a day after federal regulators stepped in to stem a potential crisis triggered by two sudden bank failures, Senator Elizabeth Warren was seething.