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yesterday 4

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Ray Hamel

A Rare Bit of Calming News About Israel and Iran

Tweet Share Share Comment A rare bit of calming news from the Middle East: It seems that neither Israel nor Iran wants to widen the war. The odds of...

yesterday 1

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Fred Kaplan

What the Trump Jurors Think of the Former President

Tweet Share Share Comment Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial  here . After a lot of back-and-forth and multiple...

yesterday 10

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Jeremy Stahl

So Much for That Big Homeland Security Impeachment

Tweet Share Share Comment An impeachment trial is supposed to be a big deal. The trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was...

yesterday 5

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Ben Jacobs

Trump’s Only Options for His Defense Are Really Quite Bad

Tweet Share Share Comment With the near completion of what may have been the most challenging and significant jury selection in American legal...

yesterday 6

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Robert Katzberg

Will the Supreme Court Uphold the 14th Amendment and Block an Oregon Law Criminalizing Homelessness?

Tweet Share Share Comment Nearly 38 million Americans live in poverty. In some areas and among some populations, entrenched economic inequality is...

yesterday 6

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David H. Gans

The Trump Trial Is Already Influencing Public Opinion—in Ways That Could Really Matter in November

Tweet Share Share Comment Four days in, and with the jury just selected, those in the commentariat class are already ready to offer their closing...

yesterday 4

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Dahlia Lithwick And Anat Shenker-Osorio

Which Element Found in Asparagus Gives It a Pungent Smell?

previous day 7

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Ray Hamel

A Wild Day in the House Could Cost Speaker Mike Johnson His Job

Tweet Share Share Comment During a House vote Thursday, Speaker Mike Johnson found himself surrounded by members of the far-right House Freedom...

previous day 4

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Jim Newell

Thursday Proved the True Difficulty of Picking Jurors to Assess Donald Trump

Tweet Share Share Comment Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial  here . Today, the People of New York v. Trump resumes...

previous day 2

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Jeremy Stahl

George Santos Owes His Favorite Restaurant $10,000—and Way More Elsewhere. He Told Me It’s Fine!

Tweet Share Share Comment The George Santos–expelled–from–Congress narrative arc went from “This is kind of entertaining” to “Oh, wow,...

previous day 3

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Alex Shultz

Elena Kagan Headed Off Disaster While Delivering a Victory for Civil Rights

Listen to Amicus: Apple Podcasts Spotify Tweet Share Share Comment On Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed down Muldrow v. St. Louis , an important...

previous day 50

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Dahlia Lithwick And Mark Joseph Stern

How the Courts Are Rolling Back the Law to a Time When Women Couldn’t Vote

Tweet Share Share Comment When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, just months shy of the landmark abortion case’s 50th birthday,...

wednesday 20

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Jill Filipovic

An Expert in Underground LSD Packaging Shows Off One of His Favorites

Tweet Share Share Comment This piece  was originally published by the MIT Press Reader and has been republished here with permission. The image...

wednesday 5

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Erik Davis

Which Country Was Known by the Historical European Name New Holland?

wednesday 5

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Ray Hamel

Who Starred as Aretha Franklin in the 2021 Biopic Respect?

16.04.2024 10

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Ray Hamel

What We Know About the First Seven Jurors Seated in the Trump Trial

Tweet Share Share Comment Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial  here . Jury selection continued on Tuesday in the...

16.04.2024 6

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Jeremy Stahl

Should Sonia Sotomayor Retire? Is It Sexist to Ask Her To?

Tweet Share Share Comment There has been a burgeoning cottage industry in Supreme Court retirement advocacy with many left-leaning journalists...

16.04.2024 6

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Dahlia Lithwick And Mark Joseph Stern

Hundreds of Jan. 6 Prosecutions—Including Donald Trump’s—Are Suddenly in Peril at the Supreme Court

Tweet Share Share Comment Will the Supreme Court jeopardize the prosecution of more than 350 defendants involved with Jan. 6, including Donald...

16.04.2024 10

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Mark Joseph Stern

Trump’s Hush Money Trial Begins Today. Here are the Key Players.

Tweet Share Share Comment Jury selection in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial officially kicks off Monday in New York City! This is the one...

15.04.2024 2

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Shirin Ali

The First Trump Criminal Trial Starts Monday. The Stakes Are So Much Bigger Than a Payment to a Porn Actor.

Tweet Share Share Comment On Monday the New York County Supreme Court in lower Manhattan becomes the site of history: The first criminal trial...

15.04.2024 6

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Jeremy Stahl

The Iran Strikes and World Central Kitchen Deaths Have Felt Like Turning Points—in America. In Israel …

Tweet Share Share Comment Earlier this month, the world reeled from the death of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli strikes...

15.04.2024 2

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Emily Tamkin

What Item Does a Malletier Typically Craft?

15.04.2024 2

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Ray Hamel

It Took One Day for Trump to Get in Trouble at His First Criminal Trial

Tweet Share Share Comment Read our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial here . On Monday, People of New York v. Trump got...

15.04.2024 30

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Jeremy Stahl

Donald Trump and Mike Johnson Are Teaming Up on a Fantasy Bill for a Fantasy Problem

Tweet Share Share Comment On Friday at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike...

15.04.2024 3

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Ben Mathis-Lilley

How Israel Can Respond to Iran Without Escalating the War

Tweet Share Share Comment Here’s an idea for how Israel could respond to Iran’s massive missile-and-drone strike without angering its Western and...

15.04.2024 1

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Fred Kaplan

I Was a Skeptic of the Stormy Daniels Prosecution. I Was Wrong.

Tweet Share Share Comment When Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought criminal charges against Donald Trump in 2023, I was highly...

14.04.2024 90

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Mark Joseph Stern

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