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Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett greet President Donald Trump after his address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

SCOTUS just told us how its term will go

Heather Digby Parton
Clicking The Cancel Button (Getty Images/SEAN GLADWELL)

Can "Click to Cancel" survive Trump?

Jackie Lam
A delivery worker rides his bike on July 07, 2023 in New York City. Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats sued the City of New York on July 6th in order to block its new minimum pay rules for food delivery workers. (Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress/Getty Images)

FTC: Stop Grubhub's "pricing shell game"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Under Trump, the "Khan approach" is dead

Russell Payne
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Receipts in shopping cart (Getty Images/Tiina & Geir)

"Predatory": Are grocers overcharging?

Ashlie D. Stevens
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A big win on abortion privacy

Rae Hodge
Amazon messenger delivers a package (Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Amazon hit with sweeping antitrust suit

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
Doctor in a hospital (Getty Images/KTM_2016)

Banning noncompetes for medical staff

Harris Meyer - KFF Health News
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Elizabeth Warren and Mark Zuckerberg (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Liz Warren was right about Facebook

Amanda Marcotte
N95 and KN95 Face Masks (Getty Images)

Counterfeit N95 scam widens

Christina Jewett, Jay Hancock - KFF Health News
White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, left, and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, both wearing face masks listen as President Donald J. Trump participates in a vaccine development event in the Rose Garden at the White House ( Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images))

A history of shady business

J. David McSwane - ProPublica
A health worker conducts COVID-19 tests at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Critics warn of COVID anti-privacy bill

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams
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Maria Arvarado, of Haverhill, Mass. finds empty produce bins as she shops Thursday, July 24, 2014 at Market Basket supermarket in Haverhill, Mass. A decades-long family feud, which brought about the ouster of Arthur T. Demoulas as CEO of the privately held company, led to a worker revolt, customer boycotts and empty shelves in the grocery chain's stores in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. More than 100 Massachusetts legislators and mayors, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, and New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan have publicly supported the employees. (AP Photo) (AP)

Amid pandemic, FTC turns blind eye

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
This Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 photo shows a room inside a funeral home in Saginaw, Mich. According to a study by the government released on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, life expectancy in the United States has fallen for the first time in more than 20 years. (Katy Kildee/The Saginaw News - MLive.com via AP) (AP)

Advocates seek to close "loophole"

Hillel Aron - FairWarning
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Who’s watching Facebook watch you?

Bhaskar Chakravorti - The Conversation
Trash begins to accumulate along the National Mall near the Washington Monument due to a partial shutdown of the federal government on December 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Win McNamee)

A public still at risk from shutdown

Celia Viggo Wexler - WhoWhatWhy
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Matt Whitaker (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

Whitaker falsely padded his resume

Shira Tarlo
(AP/Getty/Salon)

The law finally catches up with Trump

Bob Hennelly
Mark Zuckerberg (Getty/Drew Angerer)

FTC: We are investigating Facebook

Charlie May
Federal Communications Commission (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Will net neutrality vote be cancelled?

Nicole Karlis
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Bitcoin reaches new $16K high

Nicole Karlis
A statue of George Mason stands in the heart of George Mason University's Fairfax campus in Fairfax, Va. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Google's devious legal ploy

David Dayen
Dr. Mehmet C. Oz (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Joanna Rothkopf
(Associated Press)

The plot to maim Google

Matt Stoller
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