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Politics investigates how governments, parties, and policymakers shape the landscape of free speech and censorship. From campaign regulations to state restrictions, this category examines the role of politics in defining the boundaries of expression and democratic debate.
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The world faces the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s, thanks to the U.S./Israeli war with Iran. The war…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the escalating war with Iran and its growing economic consequences. With…
This week, President Donald Trump advocated on behalf of asylum seekers—though only in one very specific situation. Before an Asian…
From U.S. v. Segari, decided today by Judge Kathryn Mizelle (M.D. Fla.): In August 2025, Desiree Doreen Segari posted TikTok…
Live Nation Entertainment and the federal government have reached an agreement to end a yearslong antitrust lawsuit. If you think…
NA Today, the Liberty Justice Center filed, Burlap and Barrel, Inc. v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump’s massive new…
Near the end of a seven-minute Fox News interview on Sunday that focused mostly on Iran, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.)…
Here’s your periodic reminder that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security—the agency tasked with safeguarding America from terrorism and other…
Since the U.S.-Israeli air raids on Iran last week, every single country in the region has seen some level of…
“No heat, no hot water. The boiler wasn’t working. I have water in my walls,” renter Tori Brown informed officials…
Now, Friday’s decision in Alonso v. Jackson by Judge John Chun (W.D. Wash.) about the sealing / pseudonymity questions:Defendants say…