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Checks and Balance newsletter: The post-post-Watergate era
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An Ivy League graduate is charged over Brian Thompson’s murder
He appears to be an unusual sort of radical
America’s best-known practitioner of youth gender medicine is being sued
A patient of Johanna Olson-Kennedy thinks she has been negligent
Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s wizard, wants to reform the FBI
But his list of political enemies would be a scary place to start
Dinesh D’Souza admits his documentary was fiction
An influential political documentary was based on falsehood
The US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold a medical ban affecting trans youth
At oral arguments, the justices divided on ideological lines
The FDA does not know what chemicals are added to foods
A rule concocted in the 1950s for vinegar and spices has had unintended effects