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Reason Magazine

A Missouri School District Censored a Parent’s Negative Facebook Emoji Because It Was ‘Upsetting’

October 8, 2026

Jacob Sullum | 10.8.2026 (Reason Magazine) Annie Palmer was banned from the district’s Facebook page for expressing her displeasure at the hiring of a new elementary school principal. Last April, Missouri’s Kearney School District (KSD) announced that it had hired a new principal to run Southview Elementary School: Ali Stewart,...

New York Times

Trump’s New Tariffs Face a Familiar Court Challenge

September 30, 2026

By Tony Romm | Sept. 30, 2026 (New York Times) For the third time in less than two years, the Trump administration is set to return to court on Wednesday to defend its power to wage a punishing global trade war. Just hours after the Supreme Court struck down President...

News From The States

Trump Used Impossible Foreign Labor Standards as Tariff Workaround, Small Businesses Say

September 28, 2026

By Ashley Murray | Sep 28, 2026 (News From the States) WASHINGTON — Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze of the administration’s roller coaster policy on import taxes. Spice importer Burlap & Barrel and...

CNN

Author of America’s Tariff Statute: Trump’s Tariffs are Illegal

September 24, 2026

By David Goldman | Sept. 24, 2026 (CNN) Ambassador Alan Wolff says President Donald Trump’s novel implementation of America’s tariff law is illegal and runs counter to how Congress intended the presidential power to be used. Wolff would know. He wrote the law. “I have a sense of ownership of...