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Meanwhile, Chief Justice John Roberts is presiding over the death of the rule of law.

The president's Department of Justice keeps lying brazenly to judges, and more often than not, it refuses to correct the record.

It's another reminder of the scary state of American conservatism.

None of the election monitors will have much to do. That doesn't mean they're not damaging.

Test your knowledge of this week's big stories.

Every presidential election since 2005's DST expansion has arrived two days after the time change.

The Trump administration has made Chicago into a tinderbox, but Chicagoans know how to resist.

The justices did something quite strange this week.

Let's break this down, sentence by sentence.

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