TikTok has asked a federal appeals court to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban of the app until the Supreme Court reviews the case.

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Some voters are pointing to the economy as the reason Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election, citing high costs at the grocery store and at the pump, but  President Donald Trump’s policies won't necessarily rectify the high prices Americans are seeing says Cornell University professor Kaushik Basu. 

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Trump has pledged to dissolve the Department of Education, and while many are speculating about how that would impact education in America, it’s not clear if the changes will have much impact on K-12 public schools, given the limited role of the federal government in funding and operating them, says a Cornell University professor Maria Fitzpatrick. 

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Anticipating tougher restrictions after President Trump’s January inauguration, approximately 1,500 migrants have formed a caravan en route to the U.S. border. The development reinforces the idea that militarized borders and restrictive immigration policies may deter some, but won’t stop migration altogether, says Cornell University professor Matt Hall.  

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The New York Times sent Perplexity a "cease and desist" notice demanding the company stop using its content for generative AI purposes.

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Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff’s deputy accused of murdering Sonya Massey in her home, is due in Sangamon County Circuit Court on Monday morning, the bodycam footage illustrating multiple instances in which Grayson made matters worse says attorney, criminal law expert and professor of government at Cornell University Joseph Margulies.

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International environmental law and policy expert, Allison Chatrchyan, comments on what the election of Donald Trump means for global efforts to address climate change.

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A bipartisan group of attorneys general filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday alleging the platform has “addicted” young people and harmed their mental health.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) should be barred from enforcing its 2022 rule regulating “ghost guns” as firearms, but there is no question they are firearms says Cornell University’s Brooks School of Public Policy professor Max Kapustsin.

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The Harris campaign and many voters claimed that electing Donald Trump would threaten democracy, or even end democracy in America, but President Trump’s victory has serious implications for our understanding of the trajectory of democracy globally says Cornell University professor Rachel Riedl.

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