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California justices seem skeptical of Sheriff Chad Bianco’s defense in ballot seizure case
Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan
ERCOT Says Abbott’s Data Center Audit Will Be Done in December
Why sex abuse survivors and broke school districts are at odds in Legislature’s final days
Remembering the ‘Visionary’ Author of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment
The Trump Administration Has Spent Billions Boosting Gas Exports, Spurring More Fracking
Speaker Mike Johnson to campaign in battleground South Texas House districts this week
Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker dies at 94
Paxton promises to ban Chinese technology and chatbots that endanger children in data center platform
Economic Isolation
Jacob Mchangama on Frederick Douglass's Views on Free Speech During the Civil War
Today in Supreme Court History: August 24, 1946
Industry warns of blackouts, economic woes if Texas overreacts to data center, transmission line anger
Flock cameras face growing backlash across Texas counties, but getting rid of them is complicated
Democrats don’t agree on how to talk about trans athletes. Just look at Ohio.
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What is the 10 a.m. rule? Controversial firefighting strategy could be back
The Trump administration upended how the West fights wildfires. California is bracing too
Trump Sanctioned ICC Officials to Shield Israeli Leaders. Rights Groups Sued.
Bessent Unveils Iran Sanctions Regime He Admits Could “Blow Up” Global Economy
Trump Threatens U.S. Relationship With Canada as Trade Talks Collapse
Workers Stand to Lose the Most in Trump’s New Tariff War on Canada
Jeffries Secretly Met With Kushner to Find “Common Ground” on Immigration
Texas to receive at least $7.5 billion from stalled border reimbursement fund, Cornyn says
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‘We paid the price’: End of Rankin County schools desegregation order worries Black residents
Marshall Ramsey: Lettuce have better options
WaPo Ordered to Rehire Karen Attiah, Who Was Fired for Charlie Kirk Comments
Israel’s Sponsored Ads on Ted Cruz’s Podcast Raise Questions of Legality
El-Sayed’s GOP Opponent Attended 3 AIPAC-Hosted Fundraisers in 1 Day
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The Center Square2h
WATCH: Seattle councilmember says sex trade, gun violence problems continue
(The Center Square) - Seattle City Council’s Public Safety Committee Chairperson Bob Kettle says he doesn’t believe Mayor Katie Wilson is adequately addressing the issue of prostitution on North Auror
The Center Square3h
Florida adds jobs as unemployment stays above US rate
(The Center Square) – Florida’s economy added 4,500 jobs in July, but its unemployment rate is trending above the national average despite a small dip, according to the latest report from the Bureau o
Texas Tribune3h
Faculty in uproar after Texas A&M-Victoria implements mandatory in-person policy
The Texas A&M-Victoria campus in Victoria.
The Center Square3h
Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump's mail-in voting order
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily allowed the Trump administration to maintain an order placing restrictions on mail-in voting.
Common Dreams11h
Trump’s Renewed Economic War on Iran Risks Blowback
Ryan Costello, Policy Director with the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), issued the following statement as the Trump administration moves to intensify its economic pressure campaign against I
Reason Magazine11h
Forget the Population Bomb. The New Fear Is a Population Implosion.
Nearly six decades ago the world was allegedly in the midst of an apocalyptic "population explosion." Today the fear among some economists is the opposite: that the world in this century is on track t
Democracy Now!14h
In Defeat for AIPAC, Aisha Wahab Wins House Seat, Becoming First Afghan American in Congress
Progressive California state lawmaker Aisha Wahab made history last week in a special election that will make her the first Afghan American in Congress. Wahab overcame a flood of attack ads from pro-I
Democracy Now!14h
"Unbought & Unbossed": Angie Nixon on Winning Democratic Senate Race in Florida, DSA Membership & More
Progressive state Representative Angie Nixon pulled off a stunning victory in Florida last week, defeating the establishment-backed centrist candidate Alexander Vindman to win the state’s Democr
Reason Magazine6h
This YouTuber Got Kicked Out of the Flock Convention. So He Ran His Own Surveillance.
The surveillance contractor Flock Safety argues that police customers don't need a warrant to track drivers with its automated license plate reading cameras because drivers have "no reasonable expecta
Reason Magazine15h
Renaming Streets "Cesar Chavez Boulevard" Didn't Violate First Amendment
From 1 Community Compact v. City of Fresno, decided Friday by California Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer Detjen, joined by Justice Donald Franson:
ProPublica17h
His Research on Pregnant Opioid Users Was Widely Celebrated. Auditors and Experts Found Major Flaws.
When Dr. Craig Towers moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2010, the high-risk obstetrician encountered a crisis unlike anything he’d seen.
The Marshall Project17h
Nowhere Else to Go: One Man’s Perilous Journey in Jail to Understand Charges Against Him
A man’s time in a Missouri jail is a cautionary tale about the dangers of an overwhelmed system where vulnerable defendants and jailers await help.
Reason Magazine4h
How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by Reason Senior Editor Robby Soave to discuss the national debt hitting $40 trillion and whether decades of fisc
The Conversation8h
Legal wrangling over $12.5B Lakers sale shows how family trusts don’t guarantee a business stays in the family
The Buss family’s 47-year ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers, 17-time NBA champions, could soon come to an end despite their patriarch’s clear wishes before he died. A group of investors that include
Reason Magazine10h
Study: Most Mealtime Screen Time Is TV, Not Social Media
Everyone has seen them out at restaurants: the "iPad babies" and zoned-out families. Parents letting their children, some quite young, stare at phones or tablets throughout the meal, sometimes while m
Reason Magazine11h
AI Hallucinations in State Farm Insurance Outside Lawyers' Filings
From L.A. Times (Rebecca Ellis) Wednesday:
Mongabay3h
In Raja Ampat, children learn that their knowledge can help protect their islands
ARBOREK, West Papua, Indonesia — “Rockhead fish, salamander fish, starfish and coral.” That’s what dozens of children from Arborek, a small island in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago, said when aske
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How a rare bird sparked a wildlife movement across 16 villages in Guyana
WICHABAI, Guyana — At sunrise in Guyana’s South Rupununi, Leroy Ignacio stops beside a tree scored with large claw marks. The animal responsible was a giant anteater. “They even rub their backs on the
Mongabay5h
Xokleng Indigenous people plant thousands of critically endangered pine in Brazil
The Xokleng Indigenous people of Santa Catarina state of southern Brazil have planted nearly a 100,000 seedlings of a critically endangered native tree, Mongabay contributor Letícia Klein reported. T
Mongabay5h
Did you know forests can save themselves?
Did you know forests can save themselves? (With a little help from us, of course). Turns out, trees can be super valuable apart from being used for timber. Their seeds, nuts, leaves, bark, and more ar
Capital B8h
From Memphis to Gary, Black Communities Are Being Left in the Dark
In the pews of a Memphis, Tennessee, church on Monday morning, the Rev. Earle J. Fisher wasn’t getting a headstart on next Sunday’s sermon, he was preparing a resource hub.
Chalkbeat2h
Most Memphis schools will reopen Tuesday after weekend storm
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Chalkbeat3h
Denver Superintendent Alex Marrero reveals his favorite DPS school on first day of class
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Chalkbeat5h
NYC schools start Sept. 10, leaving parents scrambling for childcare
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Chalkbeat5h
First day of school comes with excitement, bittersweet feelings
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Reason Magazine1h
How Long Did Justice Jackson's "Kafkaesque Nightmare" Dissent Hold Up Trump v. California?
On July 27, 2026, the Solicitor General submitted an emergency application in Trump v. California. This case concerns proposed regulations for mail-in ballots. The government filed its reply brief on
Reason Magazine4h
No Preliminary Injunction Against Applying Birth Sex Policy to Intersex Plaintiff's Global Entry Card …
From today's decision by Judge Loren AliKhan (D.D.C.) in Jansen v. Trump:
Reason Magazine14h
Would Muslim Prayer Room at Public High School Violate Establishment Clause?
Yes, Judge John Milton Younge (E.D. Pa.) suggested Friday in Hiester v. School District of Philadelphia:
Reason Magazine19h
Brickbat: What the Flock
Police in Brookfield, Wisconsin, made a high-risk traffic stop on Interstate 94 after a Flock Safety camera flagged a vehicle as being connected to a Milwaukee homicide investigation. Officers stopped
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