politics Treasury secretary worth $500 million says he feels soybean farmers' pain Ellsworth Toohey

politics Panic mode: Gaetz flees AG nom seconds after CNN threatens to expose teen scandal Ellsworth Toohey

criminal justice reform Freedom-hating Texas Attorney General sues Dallas for voter-approved measure to end pot arrests Ellsworth Toohey

depositions Matt Gaetz subpoenaed by woman he allegedly had sex with when she was 17 — the same one he said didn't exist (video) Carla Sinclair

supreme court John Oliver rails on Supreme Court ethics violations for 30 minutes (video) Jason Weisberger

Congressliars George Santos used funds for Botox, Sephora, Only Fans, etc. says scathing new 56-page House Ethics report Carla Sinclair

supreme court ProPublica releases information on 38 additional billionaire-funded vacations that Clarence Thomas failed to report Jason Weisberger

Republicans Herschel Walker directed a $500k political donation into his business Jason Weisberger

justice Georgia Supreme Court considers the rare act of unseating a judge Jason Weisberger

corruption On sportswashing, FIFA, and being a critical consumer of the sports you love Jennifer Sandlin

censorship Assistant Principal fired for reading children's book about butts to children Thom Dunn

chris cuomo Publisher cancels Chris Cuomo's upcoming book Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Bill Clinton and the Queen at death's door in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Biden's first executive orders: pandemic, climate change, racism, immigration Xeni Jardin

law South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow

privacy What the rest of the world doesn't know about Chinese AI Cory Doctorow

politics Former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler is new EPA administrator Xeni Jardin

Mar-a-Lago Mar-a-Lago kitchen inspectors: potentially dangerous fish, meat too warm, and other violations Carla Sinclair

wikileaks Wikileaks' dump of "Erdogan emails" turn out to be public mailing list archives Cory Doctorow

crime Give me blood, cash, or jail time, Alabama judge orders defendants Xeni Jardin