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Wednesday, Apr 17

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Hulu’s New True-Crime Drama, About the Murder of a Teen by Other Teens, Does a Rare Thing

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The notorious murder of a teen, by other teens, is the subject of Under the Bridge—first a book, now a Hulu series.

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They Somehow Already Found Seven Jurors Suitable to Judge Donald Trump. This Is Who They Are.

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There are two lawyers already, and someone who wasn’t born in the U.S.

Tuesday, Apr 16

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What We Forget About When We Talk About Sonia Sotomayor Retiring

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These kinds of calls always seem to end up at women’s feet.

Monday, Apr 15

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It Took One Day for Trump to Get in Trouble at His First Criminal Trial

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The severity of his legal situation might finally be hitting him.

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There’s a Clear Way for Israel to Respond to Iran’s Attack—Without Escalating the War

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The country can defang its foe without launching a risky attack.

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How Afraid of Melania Will Donald Trump Be This Week?

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Why you shouldn't expect to see the famously absent former first lady standing by her man.

Trump’s Hush Money Trial Begins Today. Here Are the Key Players.

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A former adult film actress, a meticulous judge, Trump's former fixer, and more.

The First Trump Criminal Trial Starts Monday. The Stakes Are So Much Bigger Than a Payment to a Porn Actor.

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Donald Trump goes on trial Monday for allegedly making an illegal payment to a porn actor.

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I Was a Skeptic of the Stormy Daniels Prosecution. I Was Wrong.

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The prosecution of Donald Trump starting in New York this week is on firm legal ground.

Thursday, Apr 11

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The Actual Civil War Was Also Preceded by Fiction That Imagined, “What if America Had a Civil War?”

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Before our actual Civil War, authors busied themselves imagining bloodshed.

Tuesday, Apr 9

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Arizona’s Zombie Abortion Ban Is Back. It’s Every State’s Future If Trump Wins.

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On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that its total abortion ban, a seemingly dead law dating back to 1864, is once again enforceable.

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The One Story About Trump That Jack Smith Needs to Tell at the Supreme Court

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Smith is in possession of the fullest story of the events culminating in Jan. 6.

Monday, Apr 8

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Trump Pulls Out All the Stops to Try and Stop the Hush Money Trial

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With his first criminal trial looming next week, the former president is in attack mode.

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You’ll Never Guess Which State Court Just Approved Religious Exemptions From Abortion Bans

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Some ideas will not be repressed, and in Indiana, the idea that abortion is a matter of religious freedom has broken through in the lower courts.

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If Biden Bans Menthol Cigarettes, Could He Hand the Election to Trump? It’s a Valid Concern.

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Millions of people smoke them. Just a few votes could really matter.

Thursday, Apr 4

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She Fled the Nazis. Reagan Republicans Put Her on the Federal Bench. 40 Years Later, She’s Still Surprising Everyone.

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“It took 101 years for the 7th Circuit to include a woman. And it was me?”

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Tuesday, Apr 2

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Florida Will Now Be Ground Zero for the Abortion Wars in 2024

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Florida's Supreme Court turbocharged the state’s 2024 election, centering the upcoming vote around abortion rights and other personal freedoms.

Saturday, Mar 30

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Help! My Family Expects Me to Give My Brat Little Sister My Car for Free.

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She really does not deserve my generosity.

Friday, Mar 29

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Why Do Recipes Lie and Lie About Marinating Meat?

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Nothing takes the wind out of my sails like a mandated, self-satisfied six-hour marinade. Thankfully, I know the truth about this technique.

Thursday, Mar 28

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It’s Time to Give Up the Lie We Keep Telling Ourselves About Donald Trump

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The new Stormy Daniels documentary is crystallizing for one big reason.

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Conservatives Are Getting Comfortable Talking Openly About a National Abortion Ban

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Imagine what most Americans would make of it if an already unpopular Supreme Court interpreted a law from 1873 as a sweeping, punitive zombie abortion ban.

Wednesday, Mar 27

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The Wild Fraud Case Against the Texas Attorney General Ends In an Ironic Twist

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It's the end of a nine-year saga. But Paxton has more legal battles ahead.

Monday, Mar 25

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How to Finally Outrun Trump’s Efforts to Outrun the Law

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This is a story about the Supreme Court as much as it is one about Trump.

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The Whistleblower Who Leaked Trump’s Taxes Is About to Go to Prison. Biden Should Pardon Him Now.

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Charles Littlejohn did more than just expose the former president’s lies.

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The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Biggest Fear

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The anti-abortion movement’s decadeslong efforts to target the abortion pill.

Thursday, Mar 21

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Trump Needs to Come Up With $500 Million by Monday, or He Could Lose His Assets. There Are a Few Ways He Could Do It.

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Letitia James is eyeing Trump's properties. He has until Monday to come up with the money to keep them.

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My Sister Euthanized Herself. She Shouldn’t Have Had to Do It the Way She Did.

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Theda had been bedridden for seven years when she first decided she wanted to die. But her situation was anything but cut-and-dry.

Wednesday, Mar 20

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What to Really Take From Trump’s Latest Comments About Jews

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He’s always talked this way. It tells us more about him than anything.