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Yesterday’s decision in M&K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund was pretty much exactly what you would have expected given the argument: a brisk rejection of the idea that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 obligates actuaries to use out-of-date assumptions when they work on pension plans. The case…

Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop: the inside story of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiative intended to address climate change, on its interim docket. In the story, Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak suggested that the order “marks the birth … of…

A programming note: We are observing Memorial Day on Monday, so you will next receive the SCOTUStoday newsletter on Tuesday. At the Court On Thursday, the Supreme Court released its decisions in Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises and M&K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund. It also dismissed Hamm…

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…

Ukraine’s ambassador on Trump, Putin and the path to peace lead image

Many military veterans take it upon themselves to help their fellow Americans to better understand the true meaning of Memorial Day.

If California’s housing shortage continues to push costs higher, don’t blame Bakersfield, Shafter or McFarland.

The Kern Community College District’s board of trustees voted unanimously with no discussion Thursday to approve the appointment of Stacy Pfluger as Bakersfield College’s 12th president.

Despite not seeing an increase since 1992, Kern County’s hotel tax looks like it’s going to stay at its below-average 6% after county supervisors said increasing the tax would be ill-timed.

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 51 CROWD CONTROL: State Democrats are aligned on reining in ICE — but there’s sharp disagreements over whether the measures will meaningfully impact the NYPD. Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers passed a package of measures this afternoon that seek to curtail federal immigration enforcement agents’ operations in New York.…