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Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry
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Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry

NYT > U.S. > PoliticsThe couple denounced the efforts by Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, to force them to appear, setting the stage for a legal battle.​The couple denounced the efforts by Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, to force them to appear, setting the stage...

27 States Restrict Trans Participation in School Sports
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27 States Restrict Trans Participation in School Sports

NYT > U.S. > PoliticsOver the past six years, more than two dozen state legislatures have enacted laws on transgender athletes. Idaho, whose statute is being challenged before the Supreme Court, was the first in 2020.​Over the past six years, more than two dozen state legislatures have enacted laws on transgender athletes. Idaho, whose statute...

Supreme Court’s Ruling on Trans Athletes Could Apply to 2 or Many
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Supreme Court’s Ruling on Trans Athletes Could Apply to 2 or Many

NYT > U.S. > PoliticsThe parties disagree about whether the court’s ruling should be categorical or turn on the challengers’ individual circumstances.​The parties disagree about whether the court’s ruling should be categorical or turn on the challengers’ individual circumstances. ​Read More

Why This 15-Year-Old’s Case Is at the Supreme Court
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Why This 15-Year-Old’s Case Is at the Supreme Court

NYT > U.S. > PoliticsOn Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear two cases involving transgender athletes and their participation in women’s sports. One of the plaintiffs, the 15-year-old track athlete Becky Pepper-Jackson, spoke to the reporter Ann E. Marimow ahead of the hearing.​On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear two cases involving transgender athletes and...

Policies That Sound Small Can Change Your Daily Life the Most
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Policies That Sound Small Can Change Your Daily Life the Most

Most people think politics happens in speeches. In reality, politics happens in the quiet parts: the rules, the budgets, the enforcement, the forms you fill out, the timelines you wait through, the services that suddenly stop working, or the new rules that show up after the press release has disappeared. The biggest changes to daily...