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United States v. Microsoft and the Browser War That Made Room for Google The 1998 antitrust suit against Microsoft ended without a breakup, yet it changed how the company behaved just as Google and a new web were taking shape. Here is how. United States v. Skrmetti and the Limits of Equal Protection for Trans Youth What the Supreme Court decided in June 2025 when it upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, how it reached rational-basis review, and which big questions it left open. UNRWA From Its 1949 Founding to the Fight Over Aid for Palestinian Refugees How a temporary 1949 UN agency became school, clinic and food line for millions of Palestinian refugees, and why Israel's 2024 laws and donor cuts hit it. Utah's Celebrated Drop in Chronic Homelessness and the Questions It Raised In 2015 Utah said it had nearly ended chronic homelessness, and the country cheered. What the program really did, how the counting changed and what critics found later. Warren County, 1982, and the Protest That Named Environmental Racism In 1982, residents of a mostly Black county in North Carolina lay down in front of trucks carrying PCB-laced soil. How their protest gave a movement its name and its first national evidence. Waxman-Markey, the 2009 Cap-and-Trade Bill That Passed the House and Died How a carbon cap squeaked through the House in June 2009, why the Senate never voted on it, and how its failure shaped the very different climate law of 2022. What Biden's Supreme Court Commission Found, and What It Left Unsaid A close reading of the 2021 Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court: what it concluded about expansion and term limits, what it declined to decide, and what happened next. What Exxon's Own Scientists Projected About Warming in the 1970s and 1980s Exxon's in-house scientists modeled global warming in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and a 2023 study found their projections largely accurate. What the company knew, and said. What Happened When Arkansas Tied Medicaid to Work Hours in 2018 Arkansas was the first state to enforce a Medicaid work requirement. Over 18,000 people lost coverage before a judge stopped it, and the research found little change in employment. What Happens on January 3: The Oath, the Quorum and the Rules Package Why a new Congress starts on January 3 at all, thanks to a 1933 amendment, and a step-by-step guide to the first day in the House and Senate, from quorum call to rules vote. What Minneapolis Learned After Ending Single-Family-Only Zoning Minneapolis became the first big US city to end single-family-only zoning in 2018. Few triplexes followed, but the city built a lot of housing and rents held steadier than nearby. What the 2025 Budget Law Cut From the Clean Energy Tax Credits A plain guide to what the July 2025 budget law ended, from EV credits after September 30, 2025, to new deadlines for wind and solar, and which clean energy credits survived.