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It is hard to believe that Justice Amy Coney Barrett actually agrees with her own opinion. Justice Amy Coney Barrett (L) and Chief Justice John Roberts pause for photographs at the top of the steps of the west side of…

The Supreme Court’s center right appears increasingly frustrated with the judiciary’s far right. President Joe Biden greets Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh before delivering the State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, in Washington, DC. Jacquelyn Martin/Getty Images…

Putin has eliminated all of his most significant rivals, cementing his grip on power. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the media at his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, 2024. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers…

A judge wrote that Willis had a “tremendous lapse in judgment,” but didn’t disqualify her from the case. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis takes the stand as a witness during a hearing in the case of Georgia v. Donald…

This is a serious blow to the First Amendment and a victory for a notoriously anti-LGBTQ judge. Asia O’Hara performs during Werq the World: RuPaul’s Drag Race World Tour at the Peacock Theater on July 16, 2023, in Los Angeles,…

We’ve been trained to think of the royal family as a machine. Kategate upended that narrative. Kategate, the royal scandal about the Princess of Wales’s disappearance from public view, is in full effect. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images Alex Abad-Santos…

Voters who skipped the midterms are different. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a meeting of the Reproductive Health Task Force at the White House on January 22, 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Rachel M. Cohen is a senior reporter for…

Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is among those lining up to buy TikTok if Congress enacts a law that forces its Chinese owner to sell. Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton hold a 2017 sheet of…

The US has ways to exert leverage. They all come with risks. US President Joe Biden is welcomed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 18, 2023. GPO/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images Joshua…

The app skews younger, its users appear more politically polarized, and its user base is changing. Supporters of the TikTok app demonstrate outside of the US Capitol before the House of Representatives votes to pass the “Protecting Americans from Foreign…