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What Next | Will HHS Survive RFK Jr?
100 days into this second Trump administration, RFK Jr.’s already spreading misinformation about autism—and failing to confront a deadly measles outbreak.
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Hang Up | Shedeur: The Hype vs. Reality
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What Next | Are Public Schools the Supreme Cour...
Two cases regarding religion in the classroom could upend public education as we have known it.
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What Next: TBD | Death of the Weather Forecast?
Climate and weather aren’t the same thing, but the Trump administration would have you understand neither one.
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Slate Money | Say Goodbye to Hollywood
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Amicus | The Anti-Trump Cases That Have Changed...
Key legal takeaways from 100 days of lawlessness.
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What Next: TBD | The Immigration Data Dragnet
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Political Gabfest: One Thing Even Trump Won’t Do
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What Next | The Flight Attendant Who Wants You ...
Is organized labor the sleeping giant that could stop Trump’s agenda?
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What Next | Fed Up!
Why the White House has turned on its own Federal Reserve appointee.
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ICYMI: The $50M Revolve Lawsuit and Sponcon Lit...
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What Next | Ciao Papa
Remembering what made Pope Francis special.
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What Next | Why Did Big Law Fold So Easily?
What kind of high-powered law firm just gives in like that?
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What Next: TBD | The Baby Monitor Trap
How a device designed to give parents some space demands that they pay more attention than ever.
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Slate Money | Jay Powell’s Tough Call
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Amicus | Playing Chicken With the Constitution
Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are revving up for a face off between the president and the courts.
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What Next: TBD | The U.S. vs Meta
The U.S. alleges Meta has a social media monopoly. Meta claims that in 2025, that's simply not true.
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Political Gabfest | Trump vs. Harvard
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What Next | Should Hospitals Drug Test New Moms?
False positives are common. The legal consequences can be devastating.
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What Next | When a State Tells Trump 'No'
Maine’s governor said she’d follow her state’s laws—then the federal government launched more than a half dozen investigations.
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What Next | Trump’s Weaponized IRS
It's likely counter to the law and almost definitely going to cost us tax revenue.
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Slate Money | Money Talks: The Student Loan Par...
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Hang Up | Rory McIlroy Makes History
The golfer from Northern Ireland becomes only the sixth man ever to complete a Grand Slam.
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What Next | Project 2025’s Plan for Your Family
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What Next: TBD | TikTok: Somehow Also Affected ...
Like everything else, TikTok finds itself subject to changing winds of one President Trump.
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