Daniel Muessig, a former Pittsburgh attorney, is to be sentenced to five years in prison for selling marijuana. In this still from an ad for his former law firm, he insists that “laws are arbitrary.” (Grustle Merch on YouTube) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for only $2 a month! Thank you for signing … Read more
A federal judge is barring the Biden administration from using the social cost of carbon put into place on Jan. 20, 2021. The decisionissued Friday, affects the interim figure in place now, as well as an updated metric expected to be issued later this month. Driving the news: The social cost of carbon is a … Read more
Text size Markets were aimed to end the week higher, despite a hotter-than-hoped-for inflation reading on Thursday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg It was like a splash of cold water to the face, but there’s reason to be optimistic about the stock market in the weeks and months ahead. The market was making headway this past week, shaking … Read more
TORONTO — The Biden administration urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government Thursday to use its federal powers to end the truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country’s Covid-19 restrictions, as the bumper-to-bumper demonstration forced auto plants on both sides of the border to shut down or scale back production. For the fourth straight day, scores … Read more