By Will Oremus · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Supreme Court may not comprise the “nine greatest experts on the internet,” as Justice Elena Kagan once quipped, but they’re getting no shortage of opportunities to learn. On Wednesday morning, while the tech world awaited the high court’s ruling on TikTok, Kagan and her colleagues were busy […]
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The Supreme Court reconsiders online pornography
By Will Oremus · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Supreme Court may not comprise the “nine greatest experts on the internet,” as Justice Elena Kagan once quipped, but they’re getting no shortage of opportunities to learn. On Wednesday morning, while the tech world awaited the high court’s ruling on TikTok, Kagan and her colleagues were busy […]
In farewell speech, Biden warns of the rise of a new American ‘oligarchy’
By Toluse Olorunnipa, Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (c) 2025 Washington Post Video: In his farewell address from the Oval Office on Jan. 15, President Joe Biden warned that a “dangerous” concentration of wealth and power was forming in the U.S.(c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Joe Biden used his final address from the Oval […]
In farewell speech, Biden warns of the rise of a new American ‘oligarchy’
By Toluse Olorunnipa, Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (c) 2025 Washington Post Video: In his farewell address from the Oval Office on Jan. 15, President Joe Biden warned that a “dangerous” concentration of wealth and power was forming in the U.S.(c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Joe Biden used his final address from the Oval […]
Biden and Trump jockey for credit in Israel-Hamas hostage deal
By Hannah Knowles, Toluse Olorunnipa, Karen DeYoung (c) 2025 Washington Post President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump jockeyed Wednesday for credit for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Hamas and Israel that Biden had long pursuedand that came together days before Trump is set to retake the White House. The Biden and Trump teams […]
Biden and Trump jockey for credit in Israel-Hamas hostage deal
By Hannah Knowles, Toluse Olorunnipa, Karen DeYoung (c) 2025 Washington Post President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump jockeyed Wednesday for credit for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Hamas and Israel that Biden had long pursuedand that came together days before Trump is set to retake the White House. The Biden and Trump teams […]
AG pick Bondi says no ‘enemies list,’ won’t rule out probes of Trump foes
by Jeremy Roebuck, Mark Berman (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought Wednesday to assure skeptical Democrats that she would not use the Justice Department to target the president-elect’s political enemies. But she repeatedly sidesteppedquestions during her confirmation hearing about his threats to prosecute specific adversaries […]
AG pick Bondi says no ‘enemies list,’ won’t rule out probes of Trump foes
by Jeremy Roebuck, Mark Berman (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought Wednesday to assure skeptical Democrats that she would not use the Justice Department to target the president-elect’s political enemies. But she repeatedly sidesteppedquestions during her confirmation hearing about his threats to prosecute specific adversaries […]
Republicans may try budget math that doesn’t count Trump tax cuts
by Jacob Bogage (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Republican plans to pass a massive new tax cut in the early days of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term are running into a major obstacle: the price tag. Extending Trump’s 2017 tax law would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according […]
Republicans may try budget math that doesn’t count Trump tax cuts
by Jacob Bogage (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Republican plans to pass a massive new tax cut in the early days of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term are running into a major obstacle: the price tag. Extending Trump’s 2017 tax law would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according […]