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Emily Blunt just pocketed $15 million for Disclosure Day, but she once dreamed of being a translator—a job that pays $80K and is now being replaced...
The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...
Tuscany is one of those places that seems to exist in a permanent golden hour. The roads curve between olive groves and cypress trees, medieval...
Forgot the hot dogs and fireworks? Need a snack on the road?
Israel critics go too far & betray peace Manhattan: Not long after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, I wrote a letter to Voice of the People in...
The contrast between Gerald Ford's bicentennial comments and Donald Trump's sentiments for the 250th anniversary...
Under pressure and facing historically low approval ratings, the president is behaving as erratically as ever
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
In 2009, we wrote: “The season ends today at Aqueduct, and with the finish of the ninth race should come the closure of the Queens horse track.”...
Millions of mourners are expected to turn out for the week-long funeral ceremonies recognizing Iran’s former Allied Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei....
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will host a ceremony Thursday morning alongside National Guard troops as part of the America 250 celebrations. The...
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers are asking the Trump administration to remove Syria from the list of state sponsors of terrorism (SST), arguing that...
The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...
Donald Trump is facing quite the conundrum. Last month, he announced that rather than hosting a unifying celebration of America’s 250th birthday on...
New polling in six key Senate races shows where things stand in the battle for control of the upper chamber of Congress. Plus, a look at Michigan and...
Defense tech was once considered, at best, a fringe area for traditional VCs. Now, there could be a bubble.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that she’s endorsing former Wayne County Health Director Abdul El-Sayed, a fellow...
Be careful who watches your children. A two-month-old infant suffered head trauma involving brain bleeding, facial bruises, and seizures after a...
Paid leave helps employees and employers Manhattan: A lot has changed since 1989, but one thing that hasn’t is New York’s temporary disability...
The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...
As evidenced by the Obama center opening and a UFC fight in Washington, Barack Obama...
The three most important people in Venezuelan politics today are hoping to use the earthquakes...
The Supreme Court seesaw is swinging hard.
AL, the perpetrator of the crime, was just 12 years of age at the time of her mother’s murder.
A new stablecoin consortium aims to turn idle settlement cash into yield for banks and fintechs.
We’ve always been pretty sure there are a lot of insects out there. Scientists have long estimated that roughly 10 quintillion individual insects...
In today’s episode, MS NOW’s Steve Benen makes a strong case that Donald Trump has corrupted the process of awarding disaster aid to states. Trump...
How on earth is this not racist
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In today's issue: ▪ Heat wave collides with July 4 weekend ▪ U.S. won’t renew Canada, Mexico trade deal ▪ John Brennan sues DOJ over probe ▪...
President Trump says he sees an opportunity in Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion on birthright citizenship, even though the Supreme Court justice joined the...
The annual chorus of Court critics hit its highest volume every year at this time. Most Americans, however, rightly cherish and admire the Supreme...
The Indonesian state has a long history of inserting itself into the economy in ways that have made investors uneasy.
AI has the potential to be so transformative that it "should give optimists pause," the economists note.
As the 60-day deal with Iran reaches the two-week point, President Trump is pushing for oil prices to drop faster. "Just as I promised, Oil Prices are...
Summer has a way of making people feel like they should be doing something about their love lives. The longer days, the social calendars, the general...
Have you ever gotten into an argument with your partner while physically apart, unable to find time for a phone call or in-person discussion, so you...
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Art, no matter how abstract or surreal, can teach us a surprising amount about ourselves, the natural world, and, as it turns out, the dietary habits...
When Barack Obama addressed the massive, merry crowd at the Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony on June...
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon said the insurgent left candidates in the Democratic party are “very smart” not to campaign on bucking...
The ruling was a revealing moment for the future of the court
Some Illinois politicians are so enamored with getting elected that they accept their party’s nominations...
The big “O” carved outside the newest presidential library obviously stands for Obama. But for the man who succeeded the nation’s first Black...