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If Justice Alito resigns before the midterms, a Trump nominee to the Supreme Court is likely to sail through confirmation
Washington is buzzing with the possibility that President Donald Trump might name one or more Supreme Court justices before the…
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Why Trump can’t just decree changes to voting by mail – a former federal judge explains how the president’s executive order is ‘a solution looking for a problem’
John Jones knows about voter suppression. Currently the president of Dickinson College, Jones – nominated in 2002 by President George…
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Why the US military is stuck using $1 million missiles against Iran’s $20,000 drones
It may sound hard to believe, but the almost trillion-dollar U.S. military is struggling to fight cheap drones in its…
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ICE’s heavy-handed immigration enforcement was tried once before – by Arizona’s notorious sheriff Joe Arpaio in the early 2000s
For the past 13 years, Maricopa County in Arizona has attempted to reform its sheriff’s department after Joe Arpaio made…
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1914 Ludlow Massacre took lives of 25 miners and family members during bitter strike for fair wages and conditions
On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and…
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Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support
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Trump’s coercive tactics in Latin America evoke era of gunboat diplomacy – and the rise of anti-imperialism it helped spur
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Trump sidelined Congress’ authority over war on Iran – and lawmakers allowed it, extending a 75-year trend
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How Trump’s repeated efforts to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell harm the economy – and make battling inflation harder
President Donald Trump has again threatened to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, putting at risk a keystone of good…
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Iran’s military forces combine state-of-the-art drones and hackers with out-of-date conventional weapons
Six weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombardment have served to degrade Iran’s nuclear facilities and cripple parts of its military.…
