US President Donald Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison
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Australia PM Anthony Albanese makes stunning comeback with landslide win
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Biglaw is under attack in the US. Here's what the firms are doing about it.
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The Signal clone the Donald Trump administration uses was hacked
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America's $150B defence surge - strategy, risks and what $150 billion buys in 2025
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Some US women having trouble getting REAL IDs due to name changes
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US district judge rules Donald Trump order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional
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Finland restricts use of mobile phones during school day – latest country to act amid evidence of impact on young people, including attention and self-esteem
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Redo of Oblivion? Nah, give me the Great Depression!
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West Virginia has one of the lowest crime recidivism rates in the US
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The short-circuiting of the American mind
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 28
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Swedish journalist gets eleven-month suspended prison term in Turkey for insulting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Abundance meets resistance: Are US Democrats finally ready to go all in on building housing?
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Pakistan and India hint at imminent military action over Kashmir
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals win election
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White House condemns ‘hostile and political’ move by Jeff Bezos’ Amazon to display how much costs are for tariffs
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Oklahoma City family traumatized after Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids home
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US House Republicans take steps to use budget process to try to eliminate some of current antitrust law
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Canadian election: Liberals projected to form government
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Some thoughts on the arrest of US Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly directing an immigrant to use a different door to exit her courtroom
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PhD timeline
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 21
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Dozens of African migrants killed in US strike on Yemen, Houthis say
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Spouse of active-duty US Coast Guard service member detained by immigration agents on base
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The future of US forces in Europe: NATO, the pivot to Asia, and could Europe replace US troops?
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David Lebryk on US Department of Government Efficiency, fraud, and fixing government payments
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Elon Musk’s X sues to overturn Minnesota political deepfakes ban
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Socializing for abundance
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US citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol for ten days
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"Is democracy a fad?" Ben Garfinkel’s sobering forecast for democracy in the automation age.
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US Department of Health & Human Services reverses course and restores funding for Women's Health Initiative
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The pronatalist movement: They say they want Americans to have more babies. What's beneath the surface?
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Sitting US judge Hannah Dugan arrested, accused of shielding immigrant from federal agents
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India and Pakistan closer to conflict over Kashmir attack as tit-for-tat moves mount
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Opinion - US President Donald Trump has a very specific strength and many weaknesses - can and will Democrats step up to fight effectively?
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The case for suing the US federal government in response to executive orders targeting specific law firms
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US due process and the Abrego Garcia case
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The epicenter of conspiracy belief: the economically left-leaning and culturally regressive spot in the political landscape
22 votes -
With Javier Milei 500 days in office, are Argentinians better off?
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Larry David: My dinner with Adolf Hitler
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to launch disease registry tracking autistic people by collecting US private medical records
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Debugging Washington D.C. - Why political representatives can seem inconsistent (2014)
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More than twenty killed after gunmen open fire on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir
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Climate non-profits anticipate fight with US President Donald Trump over tax status
11 votes -
Under Donald Trump, US student loans in default will be subject to collection acts. Default is not the same as delinquent.
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Sweden has the tanks, Finland has the troops – Nordic countries, hawkish on Russia, pool resources to punch above their weight
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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said to have shared attack details in second Signal chat with his wife and brother
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NATO's munition challenge - costs, recent lessons and rebuilding magazine depth
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DHL suspends high value US deliveries over tariffs
29 votes