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California Wins ‘Men In Women’s Sports’ Fight… For Now

When courts dismiss a high-profile civil-rights case without touching the core policy dispute, they do not settle the argument; they redraw the battlefield. The...
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Death Penalty Door OPEN For Charlie Kirk Killer

In capital cases, the real fight often begins before a jury ever hears evidence: not over whether a killing occurred, but over whether prosecutors...
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Adam Schiff Backs Trump Plan — Hollywood Stunned

The most consequential fact about Hollywood's decline is not that a president threatened tariffs on foreign films — it's that the industry's fiercest domestic...
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Troops For Chicago? Trump Turns Up Heat

Chicago’s crime debate isn’t a clash over whether violence exists — it’s a fight over which reality should drive policy: the acute shock of...
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Define ‘Woman’ Now: Barkley Dares WNBA

The heart of the current WNBA controversy is not whether a transgender woman has tried to play in the league—none has—but that the league’s...
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FTC Ambush Hits Amazon Ads

Digital ad auctions are only as fair as the rules bidders can see; when a platform controls both the marketplace and the disclosure of...
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Radical Liberals Rewrite ‘Motherhood’ Again

When regulators change the words that anchor clinical rules, they change who sees themselves in the system and how programs are administered; Pennsylvania’s proposed...
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13 Minutes: Run Or Get Swept Away

When water races faster than institutions can warn, lives hinge on the judgment of whoever hears the first credible shout; in Nepal’s Trishuli valley,...
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Trump Renames A Great Lake — Canada Balks

Presidential power can change how the U.S. government names a place overnight, but it cannot make international geography bend to Washington’s will; the Lake...
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Islamic Holiday Showdown Roils California Schools

Calendar policy is rarely about theology; it is about whether large public systems built around a Christian-inflected schedule can equitably accommodate the religious life...

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