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In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court will release several opinions that implicate the health and safety of every American. Citizens may believe that the court’s decisions are far removed from their everyday lives. But this term, at least, they will hit close to home. From the environment, to medical care, to the hot-button issues of guns and abortion, over the past year the court took up a string of cases that will affect how well we live—and how long.

It was easy to get distracted by the colorful cast of characters that paraded through the witness stand during 16 days of testimony in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial. There was the former porn star, the tabloid publisher, his disgraced former fixer, the former press aide who broke down in tears on the stand. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] They all spent much of their testimony rehashing a story that’s been public for years.

“Over the past week, Donald Trump rallied alongside two rap artists accused of conspiracy to commit murder. He promised to commute the sentence of a notorious internet drug dealer. And he appeared backstage with another rap artist who has pleaded guilty to assault for punching a female fan,” the New York Times reports. “As Mr.

Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg might actually have surpassed the deliberate blindness and mind-numbing delusion of Comrade Grigory Zinoviev.

Mexico City is facing a water apocalypse.

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