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World leaders are almost never killed in war. Why did it happen to Iran’s supreme leader?

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The Supreme Court’s Republican majority just did the legal equivalent of grabbing J.R.R. Tolkien’s One Ring, placing it on their collective fingers, and dancing around singing, “I just can’t wait to become a Nazgûl.” On Monday evening, the Court handed down M…

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The Supreme Court appears likely to let stoners own guns

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