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The hearing for Don Lemon and codefendants foreshadowed disputes over complex-case designation, grand jury disclosure, and the government’s handling of digital evidence.

Any new government will have to address the country’s broken military, fragmented politics, and an oil sector vulnerable to corruption.

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A federal judge with a unique style in punctuation.

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A primer on digital age assurance methods and a survey of the laws—both enacted and proposed—requiring them.

DHS’s threats to create a database of anti-ICE protesters raise troubling First Amendment concerns.

Three bottlenecks between AI capability and access to justice.

Unpacking the Don Lemon indictment, its factual allegations, the elements the government must prove to convict, and the potential defenses available to the accused.

The bizarre saga that unfolded in the weeks leading up to Don Lemon’s indictment illustrates just how far the Justice Department has fallen.

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As Washington falls out with some of its closest, most enduring allies, Belarus, long isolated by the West, has gained favor.