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When I went back to work and our kids went to daycare after our second baby two years ago, my mother-in-law volunteered to ...

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Being “tough on crime” has worked for conservative politicians for decades, and it worked for Adams too. But quickly, Adams’ ...

In this moment of crisis, the courts have become the final guardrail against the forces of authoritarianism that seek to ...

In the early days of his second term in office, Donald Trump has been cagey about where his administration will take abortion ...

“Happy birthday to the love of my life, @MichelleObama,” the former president wrote, shadily. “You fill every room with ...

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, is the first prosecutor to openly explore charges against Jan. 6 ...

On only the second day of the second Trump administration, thousands of federal government workers received an ominous email ...

Judges must apply the discretion that the law affords them to act as a bulwark against this erosion of public health.

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