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US ceasefire with Iran: What’s next? A former diplomat explains 3 possible scenarios

US ceasefire with Iran: What’s next? A former diplomat explains 3 possible scenarios

(MEDFORD, MA) President Donald Trump on April 7, 2026, announced a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, after more than a month of war marked by U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iranian military leadership, Iranian retaliation against regional oil infrastructure and a global energy crisis. As a former

Cancelled Clancy event becomes example of censorship at U.S. Senate hearing

At a Democrat-led Congressional hearing in late February, children’s author and former TV writer Bess Kalb used a previously unreported incident in Clancy where she had to cancel a book reading event to illustrate a point about the broader impacts of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on the

What a US attorney general actually does – a law professor spells it out

What a US attorney general actually does – a law professor spells it out

(TEMPE, AZ) President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, only 14 months after she was sworn into office, making her time in the role the shortest in 60 years. While much recent attention has focused on Trump’s decision to fire Bondi, there has been

Pam Bondi’s extreme political loyalty to Trump wasn’t enough to save her job

Pam Bondi’s extreme political loyalty to Trump wasn’t enough to save her job

(AMHERST, MASS.) After President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, news reports suggested that she fell from grace, not for being too independent, but for not being effective enough at defending him and prosecuting his political enemies. As The New York Times reported the previous

The Department of Justice is suing states for sensitive voter data − an election law scholar explains why federal efforts are facing resistance

The Department of Justice is suing states for sensitive voter data − an election law scholar explains why federal efforts are facing resistance

In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice began sending letters to state governments demanding copies of statewide voter registration lists. The request was unprecedented: It demanded not only publicly available voter data, such as names and addresses, but also sensitive information, including driver’s license and Social Security

Federal election observers once played a key role in securing voting rights for all − but times have changed

Federal election observers once played a key role in securing voting rights for all − but times have changed

President Donald Trump appeared on former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino’s podcast in February 2026, where he stated: “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over, we should take over the voting.’ The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.” Trump’s call to nationalize elections, to transfer the

How California’s war on smog and its ambitious car pollution rules made everyone’s air cleaner

How California’s war on smog and its ambitious car pollution rules made everyone’s air cleaner

(LOS ANGELES) Cars on the road today are 99% cleaner than they were in 1970. Air quality in the United States is much, much better as a result. In Los Angeles, where I live, lead levels in the air were 50 times higher in the 1970s than today, and the