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On First Day of New Term, Supreme Court Hears Debate Over First Step Act

The justices heard arguments about how to interpret part of the law aimed at reducing prison sentences for people convicted…

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How Did the Government Get to a Shutdown, and What Will It Take to Reopen?

Any deal to keep it open would have to be bipartisan, since the Senate and White House are controlled by…

Newyork

Restaurateur Who Bribed New York Politicians Faces Sentencing

Harendra Singh pleaded guilty to paying off the former executive of Nassau County, and admitted he also tried to bribe…

Newyork

Why the Mayor Could Lose Control of Rikers Island

It will be up to a judge to decide if an outside authority will run the troubled jails complex. She…

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Judge Unseals More of Affidavit Used to Seek Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant

The newly disclosed sections revealed more of the evidence cited by the Justice Department as a basis for searching former…

Newyork

Armed Guard Is Charged With Raping a Migrant at a Federal Building

The guard, Jimmy Solano-Arias, forced a migrant, who was waiting to file an asylum application, to perform oral sex on…

Business

Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico? $30 Billion, Study Says.

The News Ever since the first offshore platforms went up off Louisiana 85 years ago, the Gulf of Mexico has…

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The Abortion Pill Ruling Is Bad Law, and the Biden Administration Should Fight It

The Friday-night ruling by Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk purporting to stay the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for use…

Business

The Week in Business: A Bank Takeover

Credit...Giulio BonaseraWhat’s Up? (March 26-April 1) Silicon Valley Bank Changes Hands First Citizens BancShares, a family-run bank in North Carolina,…

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Indicted and Running for Office? It Didn’t Begin With Trump.

American politics has a long history of candidates who were indicted or convicted of crimes but sought office again.

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