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Tariffs Struck Down, Erasing History & Climate Rule Revoked

Dave Townsend, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney, discusses the Supreme Court ruling President Trump’s tariffs are illegal. Then Alan Spears, senior director of cultural resources for the National Parks Conservation Association, discusses the suit by the NPCA and other nonprofits to ...  Show more

Slavery Exhibit, Climate Suits & Zuckerberg Testifies

Professor Sheryll Cashin of Georgetown Law discusses a federal judge ordering a slavery exhibit to be restored after it was removed by the Trump administration. Then Professor Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law & Graduate School, discusses the first lawsuits over the EPA's revocati ...  Show more

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A historic set of new lawsuits, filed by more than three dozen states, accuses Meta, the country’s largest social media company, of illegally luring children onto its platforms and hooking them on its products.

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