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Supreme Court says retired Justice David Souter has died at age 85
The Supreme Court says retired Justice David Souter has died at age 85. May 9, 2025 \| ...
I watched the Kremlin’s new Putin documentary (so you don’t have to) − here’s what it says about how the Russian leader views himself
Important insights into Putin’s worldview on this and other matters can be gleaned from a new 90-minute documentary, “Russia. Kremlin. Putin. 25 Years,” released by the state broadcaster Rossiya on ...
How William Howard Taft’s approach to government efficiency differed from Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn tactics
The Taft administration’s early 20th-century equivalent to the Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was called the Commission on Economy and Efficiency. Unlike DOGE, created by ...
Can Trump strip Harvard of its charitable status? Scholars of nonprofit law and accounting describe the obstacles in his way
An organization that loses its status, whether it’s a university like Harvard, a food bank, a homeless shelter or any other kind of charity, is suddenly subject to federal income tax. It also loses ...
Nitrous oxide recreational use is linked to brain damage and sudden death − but ‘laughing gas’ is still sold all over the US
Because of legal loopholes in the Food and Drug Administration Act, nitrous oxide remains unregulated. What’s more, U.S. scientists have done relatively little research on its abuse, partly because ...
Opinion
Science requires ethical oversight – without federal dollars, society’s health and safety are at risk
As the Trump administration continues to make significant cuts to NIH budgets and personnel and to freeze billions of dollars of funding to major research universities – citing ideological concerns – ...