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How the prenup became mainstream
Prenuptial agreements, long exclusive to celebrities and the ultra-rich, have trickled down to the rest of us. A 2023 Axios/Harris poll found that half of US adults say they’re open to signing a prenup, and that younger people are driving the trend. Forty-one percent of Gen Z and 47 percent of millennials who are engaged […]
The Trump administration’s unchecked abuses in Minnesota
On Saturday, a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti at close range after Pretti had been pepper-sprayed, beaten, and forced onto his knees by other agents. Pretti, 37, was a US citizen and reportedly in the area to observe agents’ actions. He was also a registered nurse and a legal […]
Can Minnesota prosecute the federal officers who just killed a man?
The video of the latest killing in Minneapolis is truly horrific. In it, about half a dozen men in military garb, who appear to be federal immigration officers sent to Minnesota by President Donald Trump, wrestle a man to the ground and repeatedly strike him. Then one of the officers appears to fire multiple shots […]
Minnesota officials want to find out the truth about Renee Good’s death. The federal government won’t let them.
Editor’s note, January 24, 12 pm ET: Federal agents shot a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, according to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The shooting appeared to be captured on video, which shows federal agents wrestling someone to the ground and shooting them multiple times. This story was originally published on January 24 at 8 am. Today, […]
The strategy Europe used to save Greenland from Trump
And just like, the Greenland crisis seems to have been defused. It was a crisis of President Donald Trump’s own making. After broaching the idea of the United States taking Greenland a year ago, Trump ramped up his rhetoric in recent weeks, culminating with the threat of tariffs against Europe and the specter of military […]