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The longest State of the Union addresses in history, ranked

The American Presidency Project has timed presidents' State of the Union speeches since 1964, starting when the president opens with "Mr. Speaker" or "Madam Speaker." The Constitution requires the address, and presidents typically use it to outline their administration's accomplishments and set out

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Federal Judiciary Asks Congress to Transfer Control of Courthouses

Leaders of the federal judiciary told Congress that the condition of many courthouses has become so poor that lawmakers should intervene and give judges control over their own buildings. Judge Robert J. Conrad, secretary of the courts’ policymaking body, said the situation “has reached a crisis point after decades of

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D.O.J. Sues U.C.L.A. After It Refused to Pay $1 Billion Fine

The Justice Department sued the University of California on Tuesday, accusing its Los Angeles campus of endemic antisemitism that compromised the civil rights of Jewish employees. The 81-page complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Los Angeles, said U.C.L.A. had "turned a blind eye to — and

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Judge Dismisses Exxon’s Defamation Case Against Environmental Groups

A federal judge in Texas has dismissed Exxon Mobil’s defamation suit against several environmental groups but allowed a related case involving California Attorney General Rob Bonta to move forward. The dispute began in the fall of 2024 after Mr. Bonta, following a two-year investigation, sued Exxon in California, saying

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Near miss near Teterboro fuels push for aircraft location technology

On Feb. 13 a Learjet carrying eight people descended sharply after its traffic-alert system warned of an imminent collision with a smaller plane near Teterboro, N.J. The pilot, Derek Long, said the other aircraft crossed “right across the nose” of his jet; a recording of the incident was later

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Politicians accused of ordering Marielle Franco's murder go on trial

Brazil’s supreme court has opened the trial of politicians accused of ordering the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco. Franco, an activist who grew up in a favela and criticised the city’s militia groups, was 38 when she was shot dead in the city centre

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Merz Visits China, Balancing Ties With Xi and the United States

Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his first trip to China since taking office last year, traveling to Beijing and Hangzhou to test a new vision for Europe: reduce dependence on both China and the United States without cutting ties entirely. The visit will force him to manage tensions with Beijing

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Trump Officials Seek to Reimagine Unemployment Benefits, Targeting Fraud

The Trump administration has signaled plans to change the unemployment insurance system, inviting state labor leaders to a March meeting to help “reimagine” how jobless benefits are handled. Officials have emphasized a focus on fighting fraud and have stepped up federal oversight of the state-administered program, singling out California and

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Supreme Court Sides With Couple in Case Involving Baby Food Sold at Whole Foods

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a Texas couple to pursue a lawsuit in state court after they said tainted baby food sold at Whole Foods had sickened their son. The decision was unanimous, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the couple had "exercised their right&

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Democrats Offer Alternative to Trump Plan to Limit Wall Street Homebuyers

Senate Democrats unveiled a bill on Tuesday that offers a different approach to limiting Wall Street investors’ purchases of single-family homes, setting up a direct contrast with President Trump’s proposal. Mr. Trump’s plan would bar most large investors from continuing to buy single-family homes to operate as rentals,

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Mandelson’s Arrest Deepens Scandal for Starmer and Labour

British police arrested Peter Mandelson at his London home on Monday after allegations that he passed confidential government information to Jeffrey Epstein. He had been appointed Britain’s ambassador to the United States last year and was later dismissed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer when details of his friendship with

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Mexico Caught Between Trump and the Cartels

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, had evaded capture for two decades as the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. His killing over the weekend, in part because of a romantic rendezvous, was a clear success for Mexican authorities—but its timing was striking given President Trump’s

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Russia Investigates Telegram CEO Over Alleged Facilitation of Terror

Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation into Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov, state publication Rossiyskaya Gazeta said, citing the Federal Security Service. The probe is part of a case alleging facilitation of terrorist activities, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the reports were based on FSB materials. The

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State of the Union Could Be Tense for ‘Barely Invited’ Justices

Once a year the Supreme Court justices and the president gather as the justices file onto the House floor and sit in their robes while the president delivers the State of the Union. This year they will cross paths with President Trump just days after the court ruled that he

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Red Dawn Over China, by Frank Dikötter

In Red Dawn Over China, Frank Dikötter delivers a prequel to his trilogy on Mao by mining more than 300 volumes of internal party papers that found their way to Hong Kong. He has long documented the oppression and mass atrocities of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution,

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Late Night Reacts After Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs

The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs in a 6-to-3 ruling on Friday. Jon Stewart praised the decision, saying “somebody finally had the balls to say were illegal.” He added, “Wow, a court composed mostly of his own party’s appointees has struck down the constitutionality of

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What’s Happened Since the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling

The Supreme Court, in a 6-to-3 decision, found that President Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing that the 1970s emergency statute the president invoked did not allow him to act unilaterally. Mr. Trump was in the East Room of

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Albanese says One Nation doesn’t represent working people

Anthony Albanese said One Nation was more likely to represent the interests of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart than working-class Australians, arguing the party opposes many advances won by trade unions. He accused One Nation of opposing “one job, one pay, same job, same pay”, legislation to enshrine weekend penalty rates

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What Brontë Country Tells Us About Britain Today

Haworth, on the West Yorkshire moors where Emily Brontë wrote Wuthering Heights, still bears the cobblestone streets and rugged hills that inspired the novel. The village and surrounding landscape suggest the harsh lives and wild forces of nature the book evokes, and the area today highlights the same stark contrasts

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These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace

Daria Bondareva, 28, opened a beauty salon two years ago in Sloviansk and does not want it handed to Russia along with the rest of Donetsk. Four years into the war, talks brokered by the Trump administration have centered on surrendering Donetsk in exchange for a promise of peace elsewhere

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France Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Comments on Activist’s Killing

France summoned the U.S. ambassador to Paris, Charles Kushner, to protest the State Department’s criticism of the beating death of Quentin Deranque, 23, after the department said the incident "should concern us all" and that "violent radical leftism is on the rise and its role

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Trump Says General Caine Sees an Easy Victory if U.S. Attacks Iran

President Trump said on Monday that Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, believed any military action against Iran would be "something easily won." That description differs from what General Caine has told the president and other senior advisers in recent high-level White House meetings.

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Trump Prepares for a 'Long Speech' at the State of the Union

As he prepared to deliver the State of the Union address, President Trump offered a brief preview Monday: "It’s going to be a long speech," he said, "because we have so much to talk about." He spent part of the weekend reviewing the text with

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Mexico faces uphill task to appease Trump after cartel boss's killing

With schools still closed, flights cancelled and the charred carcasses of buses smouldering on streets across the country, Mexico was reeling from the cartel backlash prompted by the killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho.” Defense minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo was moved almost to tears as he

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Settlers drive a Palestinian family off its land in the occupied West Bank

Headlights from departing settler trucks cut across the night as Rezeq Abu Naim and his family abandoned their home on the stony outskirts of Al Mughayir. For two years settlers from a nearby outpost had harried the family with vandalism, threats and beatings, pressing an increasingly aggressive campaign to displace