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A federal judge has denied elite U.S. universities’ request to dismiss a price-fixing lawsuit alleging students overpaid roughly $1,200 annually.

That Powell is coming right out to say that we are about to be a financial banana republic is extremely alarming, as this act of brave defiance may wind up being the last independent gasp of the United States Federal Reserve, upending the entire theoretical basis the global economy has operated on for over a century. What could possibly go wrong?

The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the potential to address racial resentment.

A scholar of international law breaks down what exactly about US military action against Venezuela and the capture of its head of state is unlawful.

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The project was 90% complete before the Interior Department ordered a pause on several offshore wind projects last month.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On Friday morning, the US House of Representatives approved a bill that would get the Department of Energy (DOE) out of the business of energy standards for mobile homes, also known as manufactured homes, and could set the efficiency requirements back decades.  Advocates […]

The policy change says the “quiet part out loud,” one environmental advocate said.

In a surprise announcement, Benjamin Netanyahu told The Economist magazine that Israel plans to stop receiving U.S. military aid in the next 10 years.