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Federal judge denies attempt to strike down DeSoto County’s majority-Black judicial districts
California lawmakers kill grizzly bear reintroduction bill
How San Francisco’s ridiculous housing prices are defining the race to replace Pelosi
New take on mass deportations shows Californians caught in raids — decades apart
Longstanding limits on certain firearms, silencers lifted in Texas after judge’s order takes effect
Woke 1.0, House of the Dragon, and the Absurd Politics of Surveillance
How Karoline Leavitt Changed the White House Press Room
Rio Grande Valley residents are feeling more negative about their lives. That could spill into the voting booth.
Pollsters Do Their Autopsy
Today in Supreme Court History: August 13, 1788
Paxton, Talarico tap contrary versions of God and Christianity in appeal to Texas voters
Open Thread
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She pleaded guilty to a drug charge. Then she visited Mexico not knowing she couldn’t return
Federal judge poised to restrict immigration arrest tactics in Los Angeles raids
En Banc Fifth Circuit Dismisses Alien Enemies Act Case as Moot
Federal judge extends pause on border wall construction at South Texas wildlife refuge
Houston law firm with Trump ties declines $150 million contract to represent migrant children
Federal Agents Began Spying on MN Left-Wing Groups 4 Days After Pretti Was Shot
U.S. attorney confirms that FBI tests didn’t find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston
In San Antonio’s immigrant community, the fear of ICE weighs on every move
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Sailor Went Overboard USS Abraham Lincoln Amid Reports of Morale Crisis
Fountains, Ballroom, and a Helipad: Trump’s White House Projects Cost Nearly $1B
Scott Jennings Regularly Misleads. He Could Become Trump’s Next Press Secretary.
White House Had Low Confidence in Israeli Tip That Led to Trump’s Plane Decoy
Trump Media Is Selling Early Access to the President's Truth Social Posts for $100,000 a Month
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Lexington alderman guilty of harassing and stalking city clerk
Calls grow for more transparency in Nolan Wells death investigation
Judge sides with Holly Springs in correcting electric grid issues, for now
CIA Involved in Covert Strikes on Ecuadorian Boats, Report Says
EPA Punts Microplastics Monitoring as Scientists Warn of Health Impacts
Trump Has Dismantled Federal Civil Rights Enforcement, New Report Shows
Alito’s Assets in Fossil Fuels Have Grown by Up to $2.9 Million, Analysis Finds
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NPR11d
Feds probe 'mention markets' amid White House Kalshi controversy
Betting on what people say is becoming an increasingly popular category of prediction market sites. Now, federal officials have opened a probe examining whether those markets are a magnet for manipula
The Center Square11d
Tennessee man indicted for 'politically motivated' arson in Florida
(The Center Square) – A Tennessee man has been federally indicted for a politically motivated arson in Florida, the U.S. Attorney’s Northern District of Florida Office announced Thursday.
The Center Square11d
WATCH: Lawmaker who lost home in fire urges governor to lift election rules
(The Center Square) - Twelve days after a complex of fires consumed hundreds of homes in Spokane County, a state lawmaker who lost her home in the fires is urging Governor Bob Ferguson to lift electio
Texas Tribune11d
UT-Austin overhauling core classes but hasn’t detailed how new center relates to the courses
Students walk by the UT Tower on Sept. 19, 2025.
Common Dreams11d
Progressives Win Pair of Victories at DNC Meeting; Committee Approves Resolutions for Abolishing ICE And Affirming Law That Could Bar Military Aid to Israel
The Democratic National Committee today greenlighted resolutions that call for abolishing ICE and implementing “full and consistent enforcement” of two federal statutes known as the Leahy law. The aut
Global Voices11d
Conflict-displaced women facing growing risk of sexual violence in eastern DRC
Most rape victims stay silent
Waging Nonviolence11d
It’s time for movements to rethink social media
This article It’s time for movements to rethink social media was originally published by Waging Nonviolence.
Democracy Now!11d
"Deep Unlearning": Timnit Gebru on AI Hype, Ethics & Algorithmic Racial Bias
We speak with Timnit Gebru, a leader in the field of AI ethics, about how artificial intelligence is entrenching societal biases and inequality. Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Dist
The Marshall Project11d
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Extreme Heat in Prison, Jail and ICE Detention
Experts share their best tips for investigating rising temperatures behind bars in a webinar from The Marshall Project’s Investigate This!
Reason Magazine11d
Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard
From Judge Richard Stearns (D. Mass.) today in U.S. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College:
Reason Magazine11d
She Spent 7 Months in Legal Hell After Cops Used Flock Surveillance To Identify the Wrong Car
On October 4, 2025, Joaquin Deno attended his granddaughter's birthday party in Sanford, Florida. At the end of the night, he headed to his daughter's house.
Reason Magazine11d
Connecticut Court Rejects Requested $7.7M Civil Penalty for Georgia Company's Marketing "Ghost Gun" Parts on Its Web Site
From Connecticut Superior Court Judge Daniel Klau's long opinion last week in State v. Indie Guns LLC:
Inside Climate News11d
Montana’s Sand Creek Fire Burns Through Into Beloved Ski Area
The Sand Creek Fire had grown to 27,736 acres on Thursday after burning through parts of Maverick Mountain Ski Area in southwestern Montana, but firefighters succeeded in protecting the ski lodge and
The Conversation11d
Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last global warming period similar to today – Wyoming fossils reveal what happened
Fifty-six million years ago, Earth’s forests reached a tipping point. They had grown dense, lush canopies at the start of one of Earth’s most intense episodes of greenhouse warming. But those canopies
Reason Magazine11d
Court Faults Self-Represented Plaintiff for Including Hidden "Prompt Injection" in Court Filing
An excerpt from Connecticut Superior Court Judge Walter M. Spader, Jr. last week in Elliott v. N.Y. Bariatric Group, LLC:
Inside Climate News11d
So Much Solar: Digging Into the List of Every US Power Plant That Went Online This Year
It’s been a wild first half of the year in the U.S. power sector, with announcements of gigantic natural gas power plants and some long-awaited renewable energy projects coming online.
Mongabay11d
South Africa school uses cattle dung to generate biogas for cooking meals
Women preparing meals for more than 1,000 students at Tiyani Secondary School in South Africa’s Limpopo province no longer rely only on firewood. Instead, much of the cooking is powered by biogas gene
Mongabay11d
More people, farms, and drought could mean more elephant conflict in Southern Africa
A growing human population, expanding croplands, and drier conditions driven by climate change within protected areas could significantly intensify human-elephant conflict in Southern Africa, a recent
Mongabay11d
From one deer’s DNA, a road map emerges to save an endangered Philippine species
The net fell with a dull thud. Abraham thrashed once, twice, then went still. A metal notcher clicked against the soft cartilage of his ear, snipping a tiny piece of tissue into ethanol. An antiseptic
Inside Climate News11d
Maryland Breaks Heat-Related Death Record With Weeks of Summer to Go
Prolonged heatwaves pushed death tolls to new levels this year in Maryland, which recorded its highest number of heat-related deaths with more than a month left of summer.
The Real News Network11d
Layoffs, long waits, obscene prices: How corporate administrators mismanaged Vermont’s flagship health network into a historic crisis
Frontline healthcare workers and the patients they serve are facing a major crisis at the University of Vermont Health network—the state’s leading healthcare provider. “In June, UVM Health eliminated
Federal Reserve11d
Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Regions Bank
Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Regions Bank
CalMatters11d
California tool to encourage low-income rentals may suppress new apartment construction
The state’s chronic housing shortage has its greatest impact on the roughly 14 million Californians either mired in poverty or nearly so.
Chalkbeat11d
Denver voters will consider $44 million tax increase to raise school employee pay, fund student services
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Chalkbeat11d
Colorado school district rejects controversial reading curriculum because of errors, Texas focus
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The 19th News11d
National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record
Jenny McBurney, a librarian specializing in government publications, was in Washington, D.C., in June when she heard the news that the Department of Interior, the agency responsible for overseeing the
The 19th News11d
No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase miscarriage rates
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, has revived a years-old inaccurate theory that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to higher rates of miscarriages.
Reason Magazine11d
Justice Elena Kagan on the Late, Great Prof. Richard Fallon
From the Harvard Law Review (thanks to Prof. Richard Re for the pointer):
Reason Magazine11d
Surrogacy Contracts, Abortion, and Peonage
A tragic case in Texas has given me an opportunity to rethink the relationship between surrogacy contracts, abortion, and peonage.
Reason Magazine11d
Fifth Circuit Allows 2021 Texas Election Integrity Law To Finally Go Into Effect
In 2021, the Texas Legislature enacted a law regulating mail-in ballots. But over the past five years, there has been a never-ending series of injunctions issued by Judge Xavier Rodriguez in the Weste
Reason Magazine11d
Puerto Rico Stole Roberto Clemente's Trademark. The Supreme Court Should Make It Pay.
Roberto Clemente needs no introduction to baseball fans. In his nearly two decades with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Hall of Famer won two World Series titles, an MVP Award, and a dozen Gold Gloves. Cl