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Analysis· No. 5474

EXPLAINER: Judge Ali frees more than $200 million in counterterrorism money FEMA had tied to the vote

On September 28, federal judge Amir Ali struck down a 20% holdback on the money Washington sends states and cities to prepare for attacks.

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COMMENTARY: Alito feared an eight-justice Court, and he creates one in Suncor without saying why
Commentary· No. 5469

COMMENTARY: Alito feared an eight-justice Court, and he creates one in Suncor without saying why

In 2023, Samuel Alito wrote that a Supreme Court short of justices would see its work “substantially disrupted and distorted.” On September 28, he…

NARRATIVE: 1,198 days after Surrey, Los Angeles puts a price on the man accused in Nijjar’s assassination
Reportage· No. 5460

NARRATIVE: 1,198 days after Surrey, Los Angeles puts a price on the man accused in Nijjar’s assassination

The FBI made Satinderjeet Singh, known as Goldy Brar, the 543rd name on its list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives on September 28, 2026,…

INVESTIGATION: Warsaw suspects Moscow in the Wola Krobowska Starlink fire, with no one charged so far
Investigation· No. 5449

INVESTIGATION: Warsaw suspects Moscow in the Wola Krobowska Starlink fire, with no one charged so far

On September 25, Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into sabotage on behalf of a foreign intelligence service, after a fire at a…

REVIEW: The Supreme Court reopens SAVE 39 days before the vote without weighing wrongly flagged citizens
Review· No. 5444

REVIEW: The Supreme Court reopens SAVE 39 days before the vote without weighing wrongly flagged citizens

On September 15, Texas acknowledged that 578 voters flagged by the federal SAVE database as potential noncitizens were, in fact, American citizens.

ESSAY: Three justices and the Fed chair at dinner for Xi, with independence as a guest
Essay· No. 5374

ESSAY: Three justices and the Fed chair at dinner for Xi, with independence as a guest

There is the vice president. There is the secretary of state. There is the Treasury secretary. The attorney general. The chief justice of the…

PROFILE: Ketanji Brown Jackson calls out the fast pass, then makes Washington wait
Profile· No. 5367

PROFILE: Ketanji Brown Jackson calls out the fast pass, then makes Washington wait

Monday, 4 p.m. That is the time written into the docket of the Supreme Court of the United States, case 26A406.

INVESTIGATION: 10 requests, zero answers — New Mexico sues the DOJ that promised transparency on Epstein
Investigation· No. 5337

INVESTIGATION: 10 requests, zero answers — New Mexico sues the DOJ that promised transparency on Epstein

An American state has just sued the federal government for the right to read documents the law orders to be released.

COLUMN: The $5.6 million Trump lost for good — nine justices, not one dissent, and the Carroll case closed
Column· No. 5336

COLUMN: The $5.6 million Trump lost for good — nine justices, not one dissent, and the Carroll case closed

On an order list posted one Monday morning in August, buried among dozens of cases nobody will ever read, the Supreme Court of the…

DECODING: Ragsdale Is Gone, and DOJ Oversight Has No Named Successor
Analysis· No. 5327

DECODING: Ragsdale Is Gone, and DOJ Oversight Has No Named Successor

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