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The Controversial Prosecutor at the Heart of the Julian Assange Case

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What Amazon and Facebook Get Wrong About FTC Chair Lina Khan

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The tech giants have accused her of bias against them, but that misunderstands her antitrust analysis.

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Providers Sue to Block Law That Would Eliminate Nearly All Abortions in Texas

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Senate Bill 8, Texas’s six-week ban, “places a bounty on people who provide or aid abortions,” the lawsuit argues.

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