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The Supreme Court declines to upend American election law
A fringe theory gets a chilly reception from the justices #press
Why America’s Supreme Court has ended affirmative action
The six-justice conservative majority overpowered the three liberal dissenters #press
America has a shortage of lab monkeys
That is bad for biomedical research and encourages smuggling #press
Ron DeSantis is relying on big donors and his super PAC
The latest campaign-finance disclosures look good for him but disguise a flaw #press
The case for a third-party campaign in 2024 is actuarial, not ideological
No Labels wants to be political insurance for democracy, yet may doom it #press
The making of America’s Ivy League elite
A new paper quantifies the boost that students with rich parents get when applying to the best universities #press
Regulation could disrupt the booming “kidfluencer” business
America’s Federal Trade Commission is reviewing rules for advertising aimed at children #press
Only politics, not the law, can stop Donald Trump
His lies will otherwise remain an effective political and legal tool #press
America is ending its emergency declaration for the pandemic
Many services that Americans have come to rely on are about to wind down #press
We’re hiring a new Washington correspondent
An opportunity to join our editorial staff #press
Fentanyl trafficking tests America’s foreign policy
Yet even without help from Mexico or China there are ways to reduce overdose deaths #press
Congress should fund the BLM (no, not that one)
How Donald Trump’s changes to the Bureau of Land Management are still slowing the energy transition #press
Nikki Haley, like other long shots, sees a path to victory
It runs through Iowa, and over Donald Trump #press
How the Pentagon thinks about America’s strategy in the Pacific
Our correspondent travels through Asia with Lloyd Austin, the defence secretary #press
A pilgrimage to the mecca of mediumship
Mediums engage in anti-competitive behaviour, too #press
Tony Evers’s veto shows the growing power of Midwestern Democrats
Will aggressive policymaking help or hinder the party? #press
Donald Trump is facing his most serious charges yet
The Republican front-runner for 2024 is indicted for plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss #press
Tony Evers’s veto shows the growing power of Midwestern Democrats
Will aggressive policymaking help or hinder the party? #press
An all-out strike brings Hollywood to a halt
Labour fights over streaming and AI push actors to join screenwriters on the picket lines #press
Donald Trump is facing his most serious charges yet
The Republican front-runner for 2024 is indicted for plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss #press