Last month, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dropped an inflammatory allegation on most of her colleagues.  On August 21, the Supreme Court handed down a baffling order that required researchers, who claim that the Trump administration illegally cut off their federal grants, to navigate a convoluted procedural maze in two different courts. Jackson labeled this decision […]

A Vox reader asks: Why are so few people organ donors? Why would someone choose not to be a donor? Everyone agrees it’s a good thing but very few people actually do it. Grab your ID out of your wallet. Does it have a heart on the front or back? If so, you’re one of […]

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a disastrous day in front of the US Senate today, facing calls for his resignation during a multi-hour […]

The Trump administration formally asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday evening to decide whether President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy is lawful. Two federal courts, and a total of 10 federal judges, have all concluded that it is not. The remarkable thing about Trump’s petition asking the justices to take up this case, which is […]

The meat and dairy industries — along with the farms that grow corn and soy for animal feed — are some of the biggest polluters in the US. Yet they’re largely exempt from environmental regulations. An argument that industry lobbyists and allied politicians often make is that there are simply too many farms to regulate. […]