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Mother Jones: As if Elon Musk didn’t already have enough advantages, between his billions and his leverage over President Donald Trump, he appears to have another ace up his sleeve: the US Marshals Service. In February, members of Musk’s private security detail were deputized by the Marshals Service, the enforcement and security arm of the …
Follow up to Trump Using Another Executive Order to Take Revenge on Law Firms – Above the Law – Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are still fighting the good fight against the respective Trumpian Executive Orders the firms are facing. Both notched early court victories, earning temporary restraining orders against the enforcement of key provisions …
Micah Flee: “Things are scary in the US right now. ICE is disappearing students for protesting genocide and kidnapping innocent people off the streets to enslave in El Salvador. All over the country, people are taking to the streets every week to protest oligarchy, and fascist counter-protesters are starting to show up at them. The …
The New Republic: “…Surveying this Boschian hellscape, many good people will despair. Yes, Trump is much more dangerous than he was during his first term (which was harrowing enough). He’s more giddily reckless about impounding funds, shutting down agencies, disobeying court orders, and using the government to punish political enemies. But if you allow yourself …
NiemanLab: “A new study finds that the poor, those with less education, young people, and women are less likely to prefer “impartial” news sources over those that align with their own views. Who actually wants impartial news? Your first thought might be: everybody! After all, if news is meant to be a reflection of reality, …
Wilf-Townsend, Daniel, Artificial Intelligence and Aggregate Litigation (March 01, 2025). 103 Wash. U. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2026), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5163640 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5163640 – The era of AI litigation has begun, and it is already clear that the class action will have a distinctive role to play. AI-powered tools are often valuable because they …
The Verge – “Hundreds of publishers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Verge parent company Vox Media, are running an ad campaign this week urging the government to protect content from AI. The campaign, called Support Responsible AI, is run by the News/Media Alliance trade association and consists of …
BBC – “A full-scale trade war with China and the US is in prospect after President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs of more than 100% on Chinese goods imports from Wednesday 9 April. China has said it will “fight to the end” rather than capitulate to what it sees as US coercion, and has …
MakeUseOf: “Gone are the days when online research was a time-consuming (and, frankly, boring) process. Artificial intelligence (AI) finds insights from across the web, whether you want basic tips or need to research for your college thesis—and these are the best AI research tools you can use to do it. Perplexity is one of the …
Washington Post via MSN: “Retirees and disabled people are facing chronic website outages and other access problems as they attempt to log in to their online Social Security accounts, even as they are being directed to do more of their business with the agency online. The website has crashed repeatedly in recent weeks, with outages …
Reuters – “Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk’s DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of the matter. While much of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency …
