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New York Ban on Nonlethal Weapons ‘Undermines’ Supreme Court, Expert Warns

A federal appeals court is defying a pivotal Supreme Court opinion on the Second Amendment and making New Yorkers less safe by upholding a New York City ban on nonlethal electronic weapons like Tasers and stun guns, legal experts warn. “The 2nd Circuit [Court of Appeals] has found a way to undermine” a key Supreme…

The Supreme Court Just Made It Harder to Protect Kids From Conversion Therapy: Here’s You Need to Know

An 8-1 ruling in Chiles v. Salazar reframes a discredited medical practice as constitutionally protected speech and the consequences for families could be severe. On March 31, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in Chiles v. Salazar that may reshape how states regulate one of the most widely condemned practices in modern […]

Tennessee Challenges Colorado Push to Shape National Energy Policy

Tennessee submitted an amicus brief opposing Colorado local governments that are attempting to use Colorado state law to control nationwide energy policy.
The Volunteer State filed the brief this week in the Supreme Court case Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County.

California Advances Controversial ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’

California Assembly Bill 2624, dubbed by critics the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” passed the California Assembly on Tuesday, raising concerns among opponents that undercover journalism and fraud investigations could be restricted—including investigations conducted by independent journalist Nick Shirley. Shirley, who uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars of daycare fraud in Minnesota and hospice fraud in…

AI Won’t Destroy Your Life — Unless You Let It

Humans, as reflective and deliberative beings, get to decide what to do with AI.

Only 5% of U.S. Adults Have Much Trust in TV News, Newspapers

Americans’ confidence in television news and newspapers rates below that of a host of other U.S. institutions, results of a new national survey reveal.
Nearly half (46%) of U.S. adults say they have almost no confidence in TV news, while only one in twenty (5%) have a “quite a lot,” according to a new poll by The Economist/YouGov conducted May 22-26.
Likewise, several times as many adults say they have “very little” confidence in newspapers (41%) as say they have quite a lot (5%).
Of the eight U.S. institutions that respondents were asked to rate, TV news had the highest percentage of adults voicing “very little” confidence in, followed by Big Business (45%) and newspapers.
Adults actually expressed more confidence in organized labor, banks, the medical system, church/organized religion and Small Business than they did in either TV news or newspapers. Small Business was the only one of the eight institutions where more said they had “quite a lot of trust” than said they had “very little.”
Confidence in TV news and newspapers has not improved over the past six months. In November of last year, when The Economist/YouGov also asked adults to rate U.S. institutions, 48% said they had very little trust in television news, while only 5% reported having a great deal. Regarding newspapers, 38% said they had very little trust and, again, just 5% voiced a great deal of trust. Previous polls by The Economist/YouGov have found similar low trust in these media.
Americans universally agree that people should fact-check media reports, rather than simply trust what they’re being told – and half say they don’t even need to follow the news to stay informed – according to a Pew Research survey.
Fully 94% of Democrats and Republicans alike think it’s important “for people to do their own research to check the accuracy of the news they get,” the survey of U.S. adults found. What’s more, two-thirds (66%) say it’s “extremely” or “very” important to fact-check what news media report.
It’s also important to get news from media sources with differing political views, according to 88% of adults – and half (52%) call this either extremely or very important.

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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home targeted in apparent ‘swatting’ incident…

An apparent “swatting” incident targeted the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday night, police confirmed to NBC News.
According to a recording of the police dispatch obtained by NBC Washington, a dispatcher alerted responding officers that a caller, who identified themselves as a neighbor, reported “gunshots heard” at an address belonging to Barrett in Fairfax County.