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How your online world could change if big tech companies like Google are forced to break up

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The Department of Justice may be on the verge of seeking a break-up of Google in a bid to make it less dominant. ,,,,,strong>Renaud Foucart explains that if the government goes ahead and is successful in the courts, it could mean the company being split into separate entities – a search engine, an advertising company, a video website, a mapping app (..)

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Book Review – Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government

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The 2024 election results have prompted discussion about the effectiveness of “guardrails” that might restrain Presidential activities that could harm the nation.

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What Is OpenAI’s Powerful New Deep Research Tool Capable Of? I Use It to Analyze the Legality of President Trump’s Pause of Federal Grants

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On Feburary 2, 2025 OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information.

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Trumpism echoes Timothy McVeigh’s right-wing extremism, 30 years after the Oklahoma bombing

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On the morning of April 19 1995, anti-government right-wing extremist Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder truck loaded with 5,000 pounds of agricultural fertiliser and diesel fuel at the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. At 9am, McVeigh lit two separate fuses in case one failed.

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Trump’s Election Lawyers Must Heed Their Ethical Duties

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Attorneys Stephen Marcus and Bruce Kuhlik discuss the ethical responsibilities of lawyers in the context of predicted attempts by Donald Trump and his allies to undermine the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

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How Do I Protect My Privacy If I’m Seeking an Abortion?

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The president-elect has pledged to leave abortion up to states but could appoint anti-abortion leaders to federal positions or begin enforcing anachronistic laws that limit access. The reelection of former president Donald Trump is almost certain to disrupt the future of reproductive rights in the U.S.

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Threatening ‘the enemy within’ with force: Military ethicists explain the danger to important American traditions

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Marcus Hedahl , Professor of Philosophy, United States Naval Academy and Bradley Jay Strawser , Professor of Philosophy, Naval Postgraduate School worry that Trump’s actions while president, and his comments about his plans for a potential second term, may put the military in a tough position.

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