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Texas Supreme Court rejects Abbott’s request to remove Democratic Rep. Gene Wu from office over redistricting protest
Here are the megadonors and dark money groups bankrolling John Cornyn and Ken Paxton’s Senate primary
Seesaw rulings on Texas’ smokeable hemp ban is bad for business, retailers say
Texas executes 600th inmate since death penalty was reinstated in 1976
These Politicians Want To Tax the Rich. But Why Do They Seem To Despise Them?
Texas Children’s Hospital must create country’s first “detransition clinic” under legal settlement with state
For Susan Collins and women with tremors, the real problem is everyone else
Energy bills keep rising. These candidates in Georgia say they can help.
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In Thailand, burned sugarcane plantations become traps for leopard cat cubs
Light pollution reshapes predator-prey dynamics at California’s urban edge, study finds
Marine conservation suffers when the ocean is not accessible to all, especially on remote islands (commentary)
Endangered Persian leopards persist across borders, despite hunters and landmines
Zambian prodigy draws on theoretical physics to improve weather prediction
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Tennessee’s War on Black Political Power Demands Not Just Outrage But Resistance
Kennedy, Balancing MAHA and White House, Says He Won’t Run for President in 2028
S. Ct. Denies Stay of Virginia Supreme Court's Redistricting Referendum Decision
Why were Russian disinformation, government propaganda and AI-generated campaigning ineffective in Hungarian elections 2026?
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Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land on religious site near El Paso for border barrier
Texas town may offer a preview of Trump administration plan to force noncitizens from public housing
Texas town may offer a preview of Trump administration plan to force noncitizens from public housing
Why Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?
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Despite Repeated Bombings, CENTCOM Head Denies US Targeted Schools in Iran
On Thursday, the head of CENTCOM denied reports of U.S. attacks damaging civilian sites in Iran — despite evidence that the U.S. has repeatedly bombed Iranian schools and health care facilities. In te
KFF Health News57d
Kennedy Swaps Vaccine Rhetoric for Story Time but Can’t Quite Change the Subject
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most
Truthout57d
Israel Is Now Occupying 60 Percent of the Gaza Strip
Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led to the establishment of the Jewish-majority state of Israel. Decades later, Palestinians still fa
Truthout57d
SCOTUS Ruling on Voting Rights Act Puts a Third of Black Caucus Seats at Risk
Nearly a third of the seats in Congress currently held by members of the Congressional Black Caucus could be at risk due to a recent Supreme Court ruling upending aspects of the Voting Rights Act (VRA
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Cuba Runs Out of Oil Amidst Suffocating US Blockade
Cuba’s government has announced that it has run out of oil. On Wednesday night, Cuba’s energy minister Vicente de La O Levy said that the country has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, and tha
Global Voices57d
Philippine typhoon survivors file historic case against oil giant
Petitioners demand compensation and an end to fossil fuel expansion
TorrentFreak57d
Universal Wins Indian Court Order Against IMDb-Themed Pirate Streaming Sites
For more than two decades, pirates have used the Internet Movie Database, better known as IMDb, in ways its operators never intended.
Democracy Now!57d
"Israel: What Went Wrong?": Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov & Haaretz's Gideon Levy Debate Zionism
We speak to two prominent Israeli thinkers, historian Omer Bartov and journalist Gideon Levy, about the founding beliefs of Zionism. Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown Univ
Reason Magazine57d
Secret Recording at Pretend Date by O'Keefe Media Wasn't Tortious, Court Holds
From yesterday's decision by Judge Anthony Trenga (E.D. Va.) in Fseisi v. O'Keefe Media Group:
Reason Magazine57d
An Alabama Mom Delivered a Preterm Baby in a Jail Cell. She Says Staff Refused To Help.
A woman is suing Houston County in southeast Alabama for violating her constitutional rights after she was forced to give birth preterm with no medical assistance in the county jail.
Reason Magazine57d
Vladeck v. Adler on the Shadow Docket
Last week, I recorded a We the People podcast episode for the National Constitution Center discussing the increased volume of applications and orders on the Supreme Court's interim docket, aka the "sh
ProPublica57d
In a Private Meeting, Colorado Marijuana Regulators Acknowledge the Extent of Illegal Hemp Sales
A top regulator for Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division acknowledged in a private meeting with industry representatives that the amount of chemically converted hemp being illegally sold as marij
Reason Magazine57d
Maryland's Energy Crisis Was Created In Annapolis
PJM Interconnection, the largest electricity grid operator in the nation, held its annual company meeting in Baltimore earlier this week. For Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore, the event was an oppor
CDC Newsroom57d
Transcript - Update on CDC's Hantavirus Response 5/15/2026
Transcript - Update on CDC's Hantavirus Response 5/15/2026
Reason Magazine57d
Georgia High Court Admonishes D.A.'s Office, Over "Vehement" Dissent, for Role in AI Hallucinations in Court Order
From Payne v. State, decided last week, in an opinion by Justice Benjamin Land:
The Conversation57d
Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone via telehealth – at least for now
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that patients can continue to get mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for medication abortion, via telehealth and by mail. At least for now.
Mongabay57d
Tensions rise in DRC mining region as community leaders arrested over protest
Civil society groups have denounced the “arbitrary” arrests of 11 community leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo following a peaceful protest over the impacts of mining operations on local comm
Mongabay57d
New energy deals for Africa sealed at Nairobi summit
European and African business leaders and heads of state have announced a raft of clean energy and infrastructure investments at the recent Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi. Forty companies announced
Yale Climate Connections57d
What’s a ‘super El Niño’? And other El Niño questions, answered
We get into it: Why some meteorologists don't like the term 'super El Niño,' why climate change can lead to El Niño surprises, and more.
Mongabay57d
2026 FIFA World Cup threatened by extreme heat: Report
In less than a month, the world’s attention will shift to one of the biggest sporting events on the planet: the FIFA World Cup. As fans prepare to travel to stadiums across the United States, Mexico a
Federal Reserve57d
Federal Reserve Board names Jerome H. Powell as chair pro tempore; Powell will serve as chair pro tempore until Kevin M. Warsh is sworn in as the new chair
Federal Reserve Board names Jerome H. Powell as chair pro tempore; Powell will serve as chair pro tempore until Kevin M. Warsh is sworn in as the new chair
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Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by the Stephen M. Calk 2025 Trust
Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by the Stephen M. Calk 2025 Trust
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Federal Reserve Board announces it does not object to the conversion of United Texas Bank, of Dallas, Texas, from a bank supervised by the Federal Reserve to a national bank supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board announces it does not object to the conversion of United Texas Bank, of Dallas, Texas, from a bank supervised by the Federal Reserve to a national bank supervised by the Office o
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VA Gov. Spanberger Vetoes Bill Allowing Public Employees to Collectively Bargain
Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed collective bargaining legislation Thursday, drawing major criticism from some of the state’s largest unions and labor advocate groups. The governor previously expressed
Chalkbeat57d
A year ago, experts worried about NAEP’s future. Now, the test is expanding.
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NYC PTA funding inequities: See how much your school’s PTA raises
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Medication abortion is available — for now. But reproductive rights could still shape the midterms.
The Supreme Court has kept a key abortion drug available for now. Still, Democrats will highlight the consequences of abortion bans as a midterms campaign theme, elevating what could be another weakne
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Billionaire and Republican megadonor is funding scholarships for students at closing Philly schools
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