The Supreme Court made Trump’s attack on Jerome Powell possible
On Sunday evening, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell revealed that the Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation into him, ...
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Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve heads to the Supreme Court next week
On Sunday evening, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell posted an unusual video message to the nation, revealing that the Trump ...
Can Minnesota prosecute the federal immigration officer who just killed a woman?
A federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration deployed thousands of ...
The Supreme Court sounds surprisingly open to a case against a death sentence
From the moment the Republican Party gained a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court, in late 2020, the Court has ...
The Supreme Court case that could redefine “cruel and unusual,” explained
Nearly a quarter century ago, in Atkins v. Virginia (2002), the Supreme Court held that it is unconstitutional to execute ...
Trump’s confounding pardon of a drug lord, briefly explained
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting ...
Why is Trump suddenly so obsessed with Honduras?
The US may or may not be marching toward war with Venezuela, but at the moment, there’s another Latin American ...
The global decline in murder, explained in one chart
One source of good news — favored both by me and, apparently, venture capitalists — is what’s known as a ...
How routine police stops are becoming viral social media fodder
If you’re arrested in America for a minor charge — say, for speeding or loitering — the punishment from the ...
The case against releasing the Epstein files
The Justice Department almost never discloses information it collected on a criminal suspect outside of a criminal judicial proceeding, and ...
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