It took Republicans no time at all to take the Supreme Court‘s affirmative action decision and use it to attack other educational initiatives intended to support people of color. On Thursday —the same day the Court declared race-conscious admissions policies unconstitutional — the state’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, dispatched a …
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The Secret Service is investigating a white, powdery substance believed to be cocaine that was discovered in the White House on Sunday. Donald Trump has seized on the news, suggesting on Wednesday that the substance belonged to either Joe or Hunter Biden — or maybe to Special Counsel Jack Smith, …
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A group of centrist Republicans is worried nobody on the GOP primary debate stage will hold Donald Trump accountable for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection. But they have a plan to fix that: boost Chris Christie. The group Country First — a centrist nonprofit founded by Adam …
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The Department of Justice and FBI are pressuring multiple British journalists to cooperate with the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, using vague threats and pressure tactics in the process. I know because I am one of the British journalists being pressured to cooperate in the case against him, as …
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In 1873, the United States passed a sweeping anti-obscenity law named for the vice-squad crusader put in charge of its enforcement. Anthony Comstock is said to have bragged that in his role as U.S. postal inspector he seized 150 tons of books, made 4,000 arrests — including of feminists Emma …
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Tuesday, July 4, was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth. The average global temperature of 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius) is the highest since satellite record-keeping began in 1979. The Washington Post notes that some scientists believe it may have been one of the hottest days in the …
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Lin Wood, a former member of Donald Trump’s legal team and one of the foremost pushers of the lie that the 2020 election was rigged, has permanently retired from practicing law. Wood isn’t exactly riding into the sunset after an esteemed career. He’s faced a slew of legal action since …
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The morning after I graduated high school, I awoke to read the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, an attack on the right to control of one’s own body that led to a year of exhaustive anti-choice legislation. On Thursday, the summer after my first year at Harvard University, I awoke to …
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A white powdery substance was found inside the White House on Sunday evening, according to an initial test, the New York Times reported. President Biden and his family were at Camp David when the substance was discovered in the West Wing around 6 p.m. on Sunday evening, a person familiar …
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A federal judge appointed by former President Trump restricted parts of the Biden administration from contacting social media sites on Tuesday, the New York Times reported. The preliminary injunction could curtail efforts from the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services from working with companies like Meta, Twitter, …
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