Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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Apple works around the global chip shortage by turning to China
Apple plans to launch as many as five new iPhone models between the second half of 2026 and the first half of
Can NATO really hold its eastern flank without the United States
Can we still take it for granted that the United States will systematically come to defend NATO's eastern flank in the event
The Canal de l'Ourcq bathtub race turns 15
Dear organizers, dear participants, dear onlookers who came to cheer from the banks, I'm writing this letter the day after the 15th
A year after Trump's budget law, rural hospitals are still closing
On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed with great fanfare his tax and budget law nicknamed the Big Beautiful Bill, promising massive
Alligator Alcatraz, federal justice finally catches up with the detention center
Some names need no explanation to reveal their intent. Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center set up deep in the Everglades in
How a dying cancer cell could become an immune weapon
There's an idea that has been circulating for a few years now in immuno-oncology labs and that has resurfaced with renewed intensity
The Former Ethics Lawyer Calling Out Trump's Crypto Conflict
A former government ethics lawyer, interviewed by NPR, called Donald Trump's personal cryptocurrency activities a "clear conflict of interest," a phrase rarely
The Supreme Court, Trans Athletes, and a Closing Body of Law
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two separate but convergent rulings on the place of transgender
Judge Rejects Trump's Bid to Delay Payment to Carroll
On July 4, 2026, federal judge Lewis Kaplan issued a ruling of almost cruel brevity: a single sentence rejecting Donald Trump's legal