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Slate legal analyst Emily Bazelon talks with Alex Chadwick about a new U.S. Supreme Court case that pits top law schools against the American military. The court will rule on a case that could ...

The financial markets are delighted that Larry Summers has withdrawn from consideration as chair of the Federal Reserve. “Call it the Yellen rally,” Neil Irwin writes in The Washington Post, referring ...