It has been 46 years since 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared in SoHo. After a lawsuit and two criminal trials, questions remain about how he died.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-timeline.html
President Trump ordered the online disclosure of the files despite opposition from most of Dr. King’s family.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/mlk-jr-files-trump.html
The Republican speaker of the House had said last week that the government should release “everything” in the Jeffrey Epstein files, in a rare break with the president that turned out to be short-lived.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/mike-johnson-epstein-files-trump.html
Solo practitioners, former government litigators and small law offices stepped up to help challenge the Trump administration’s agenda in court after the White House sought to punish many big firms.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/trump-big-law-firms-fight.html
In a profane tirade, the former president’s son sought to settle scores with Anita Dunn, David Axelrod, James Carville and George Clooney. Among others.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/hunter-biden-podcast.html
City commissioners said the move was meant to save money and improve turnout. Critics noted that it would give some city officials an extra year in office.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/miami-election-constitution-violation.html
Will the U.S. push the Druze and Kurds to capitulate to Damascus as if nothing has changed?https://www.wsj.com/opinion/syria-sweida-massacres-druze-ahmed-al-sharaa-tom-barrack-e8190077
The Beltway crowd treats modest spending restraint as a constitutional crisis.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-trashes-another-beltway-norm-thank-goodness-acdc5e92
California’s $20 minimum wage at fast-food chains has hit employment.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-minimum-wage-18000-jobs-fast-food-restaurants-70610af4?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
The feds find that 2.8 million people are on two government health-insurance plans.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/meet-the-medicaid-double-dippers-health-plan-coverage-eligibility-60899951
The Justice Department had sought a one-day prison sentence for Brett Hankison.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/brett-hankison-sentence-breonna-taylor-3103c42f
The documents could shed light on the government’s investigation into the 1968 killing of the civil-rights leader.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/fbi-releases-230-000-pages-on-martin-luther-king-jr-assassination-a517955f
The Trump administration sent hundreds of Marines to California last month.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/marines-deployed-for-protests-to-leave-los-angeles-7456fafe
The programs don’t do what they claim to. If they were drugs, regulators would pull them from the market.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/medicare-and-medicaid-fail-a-basic-scientific-test-research-health-77c51bda
Texas Republicans want to use an outdated racial test to pad their House majority. Democrats gave them the opening.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/texas-gop-redistricting-maps-racial-gerrymander-greg-abbott-supreme-court-84450a57
California’s $20 minimum wage at fast-food chains has hit employment.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-minimum-wage-18000-jobs-fast-food-restaurants-70610af4
The Stargate venture, unveiled at a White House event, is now setting the more modest goal of building a small data center by year-end.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/softbank-openai-a3dc57b4?mod=rss_Technology
In Boston, a Reagan appointee is on pace to get to the bottom of the campaign against Mahmoud Khalil and others the Administration wants to deport over their activism.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/a-federal-trial-reveals-the-sprawling-plan-behind-trumps-attacks-on-pro-palestinian-students
Twenty-five countries have released a statement calling for the immediate end of the war in Gaza and accusing Israel of not allowing sufficient aid in.https://abcnews.go.com/International/25-countries-sign-statement-calling-end-war-gaza/story?id=123926786
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the release of 230,000 files related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-releases-fbi-records-mlk-jrs-assassination/story?id=123938278