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Donald Trump is facing lawsuits from retailers, demanding tariff paybacks. (Photo: Renaik)
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Trump Faces Legal Onslaught by Costco, Other Retailers, Demanding Tariff Refunds

Jim AstrachanDecember 3, 2025February 20, 2026
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Deconstructing the Supreme Court Tariff Case; Trump Clearly Acted Outside the Law

Jim AstrachanNovember 6, 2025November 6, 2025
A voter casts a ballot in the key swing state of Ohio. (Photo by Ty Wright/Getty Images)
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Voting Rights Act Facing Key Test in Supreme Court Over Gerrymandering

Keith GirardDecember 30, 2024December 30, 2024
The Constitution Turns 225 Justice Clarence Thomas
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Clarence Thomas Serious Allegations Over Tax Fraud Demand Full-Scale SCOTUS Investigation

Keith GirardJuly 10, 2024August 2, 2024
Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court following abortion repeal. (Photo: John Brighenti)
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Courts in Crisis: Judicial System Struggles With Politics, Bias, Corruption in Age of Trumpism

David Fagin and Keith GirardMarch 23, 2024March 29, 2024
Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court following abortion repeal. (Photo: John Brighenti)
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New York To Step Up Abortion Services; Open Doors to Out-of-State Women

Keith GirardMay 9, 2022June 27, 2023
Orphans at Crumpsall Workhouse, Mancester, England, circa 1895. Modern foster care has made great strides, but still produces broken children. (Photo: Manchester Archives)
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Roe Repeal, Family Planning Curbs Will Return U.S. to Draconian Age of Broken, Unwanted Children

Keith GirardMay 7, 2022December 29, 2024
Protesters demonstrate against abortion restrictions. (Photo: )
  • CULTURE

Texas, Supreme Court Create New Criminal Class– Doctors, Women, Teens–and a Return to Back-Alley Abortions

Keith GirardDecember 2, 2021November 6, 2025
  • CULTURE

Barr Bows to Trump’s Autocratic Whims, Now 2,000 Ex-Prosecutors Want Him Out

Keith GirardMay 11, 2020
Attorney General William Barr (left) is closely following Trump policy by dismissing Flynn guilty plea. (Photo: ScreenCap)
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William Barr Assault on Justice System Fuels Trump Autocracy

Keith GirardMay 11, 2020May 13, 2020
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Politics

  • Under President Trump's executive order, the USPS would decide who votes by mail and whether ballots would be delivered. (Photo: )Mail Ballot Battle Heats Up as 24 States Move to Block Trump USPS Rule in Court

Culture

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Celebrities

  • Alli Dore, Below DeckAlli Dore Has Ribs ‘Recontoured’: Latest Celebrity Beauty Fad Raises Risk, Ethics Concerns

Art

  • John Galliano gowns for Dior, circa 2011, on display in Moscow. exhibition, 2011)Met Ruffles Feathers Like a Galliano Gown for Bestowing Designer With Costume Institute Honors

Music

  • Dolly Parton in 2022 at the Peabody Awards. She died today (Aug. 25) at 80. (Photo: Peabody Awards)Dolly Parton, Music Icon, Actress, Business Woman and Philanthropist, Dies at 80

Show

  • Shakespearean actor Jonathan Judge-Russo has found himself in an unlikely place... country music. (Photo: Laura Rose)From Shakespeare to Country Music, Jonathan Judge-Russo Finds His Voice in Off-Broadway’s ‘Music City’

Film & TV

  • Australian actor Jacob Elordi stars in Ridley Scott's new film 'Dog Stars.' (Photo: ScreenCap)Ridley Scott Peers Into Future, Again, and Sees an Apocalypse in New Film ‘Dog Stars’ (Video!)

Fashion

  • Actress Sydney Sweeney is caught in a media firestorm over her jeans ad for American Outfitters. (Photo: AE)How American Eagle Objectified Sydney Sweeney and Blundered Into a Nazi Trope (Video)

Events

  • Eddie Murphy Pete Davidson PickupEddie Murphy, Pete Davidson Host LA Premiere of New Comedy ‘The Pickup’ (Photos! Video!)

Dining

  • he arrival of the new Populares Mexican Restaurant & Bar on Avenue B on the Lower East Side should spice up the competition.Populares Mexican Restaurant Spices Up East Village With Twist on Traditional Mexican Fare

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