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Covington Catholic Student in Viral Mall Standoff with Native American Activist Sues Washington Post

Lawyers for 16-year-old Nicholas Sandmann filed suit in federal court Tuesday to “teach the Post a lesson it will never forget.”

China Is a Useful Bogeyman for Both Democrats and Republicans. But Are We Getting It Wrong?

The real challenge is climate change, and frosty US-China relations will only make for a hotter planet.

Elizabeth Warren Gets That Child Care Is Key to the Economy

Warren is seizing on an issue that until now has received scant attention from the Democrats’ 2020 hopefuls.

Clarence Thomas Just Joined Donald Trump’s Crusade to “Open Up” Libel Laws

This would be the end of the First Amendment as we know it.

China Is Now Censoring What Movies Come Out in Other Countries, Too

The withdrawal of two new films from international release shows the Communist Party’s powers extend beyond its borders.

The Angle: Bernie Sanders Is Running Again, but the Race Has Changed

It’s a different field from when Sanders first ran his insurgent campaign.

California’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Emergency Wall Is Written to Appeal to Neil Gorsuch

These problems ought to be catnip for SCOTUS’ conservative justices.

The Startup That Wants to Sell You a Subscription to Miami Beach Tap Water Explains Itself

For 50 cents a pour, you get “automated O3-based innovative purification” and “accurate bottle fill.”

How the Jobs of Oppo Researchers Have Changed in the Era of Northam, Kavanaugh, and Trump

Yearbook-sourced scoops have become more appealing [as oppo research] after the Ralph Northam and Brett Kavanaugh stories.

Inside Sports Reference, the Online Empire That Gets More Than a Billion Page Views a Year

The network of sites is the closest that the sports world has to a public utility.