trumpism For the first time, a US president has classified the legal justification for taking publicly acknowledged actions Cory Doctorow

law TikTok lawyer's guide to outsmarting tricky traffic stop questions Mark Frauenfelder

trump Top FBI official who investigated ties between Trump and Russia has been charged with illegally helping a Russian oligarch Mark Frauenfelder

MAGA cultists Judge sanctions Alan Dershowitz for "recklessly" filing "false, misleading, and unsupported" claims in Kari Lake's election lawsuit Mark Frauenfelder

twitter Musk seems to have made the firing of Twitter's execs even more expensive Jason Weisberger

trump Elon Musk takes control of Twitter, fires top management Mark Frauenfelder

racism On this day, George Stinney became the youngest American executed in the 20th century Devin Nealy

government agencies that do more harm than good CIA coder threatens to make his trial "maximally painful for the CIA" Mark Frauenfelder

ghosts Buzzfeed News' union contract includes legal protections against ghosts Thom Dunn

Jen Psaki That's all folks! The talented Jen Psaki plans to leave White House for MSNBC Carla Sinclair

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

crime North Carolina can prosecute 6 year olds (but they're trying to stop) Jess Sabine

No-masker arrested for assaulting Uber driver with a caustic chemical Mark Frauenfelder

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

News LISTEN: Trump pressures GA secretary of state to lie and fake election count, in taped phone call — 'I just want to find 11,780 votes' Xeni Jardin

law Can Trump pardon himself, his children, and his allies? Xeni Jardin

guns The Navajo Nation is trying to buy up a major US gun manufacturer Thom Dunn

all the justice money can buy Q: What caused Stepford senators in GOP? A: Campaign contributions from Trump's lawyers Carla Sinclair

politics New Jersey AG says 5 politicians took thousands in cash bribes via envelopes, paper bags, coffee cups 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