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Aid Package Signed by President Biden Includes Divestiture of TikTok Requirement
President Biden signed a historical aid package into law on Tuesday that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific region.
Kesha SLAPPs Back: New York Court Of Appeals Ruling Settles Some Questions About New York's 2020 Anti-SLAPP Amendments, Leaves One Unanswered
On June 13, 2023, the New York Court of Appeals decided two appeals in the sprawling, almost decade-long defamation case by music producer Lukasz Gottwald (Dr. Luke) against pop music star Kesha Rose Sebert (Kesha). First, the New York high court held that the remedies available under New York's amended anti-SLAPP statute apply to cases that were pending on and continued after the amendments' November 10, 2020 effective date.
Trump Flounders With Environmental Nominee
President Donald Trump recently announced the nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White to chair the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality. As she testified at her Senate confirmation hearing, it became increasingly clear that, like Trump’s previous agency picks, White showed herself as an unqualified, modern climate change skeptic whose views on environmental data could pose an intense hurdle in our country’s progressive fight against man-made global warming.
The Tide is Turning On Cyber Security
When President Obama responded to the Edward Snowden leaks, he admitted to having a healthy skepticism toward the United States’ surveillance programs. Yet despite his doubts he voiced his support, recognizing that privacy and security were somewhat mutually exclusive. “You can’t have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience” he said, “We’re going to have to make some choices as a society.” That was in 2014, but now, both privacy and security are at risk.
Time to Take a Step Forward With Gun Control
While studying for my upcoming midterms in the dining hall of Third North Residence Hall, my concentration was deterred by the event that transpired in Las Vegas only a few hours before. As I watched, the news read off the 58 casualties and over 400 injuries from what would culminate as the United States’ worst mass shooting. I was dumbfounded by how normal our current reality has become.
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