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Despite Trump administration’s efforts to limit tariff refunds, American importers are one step closer to receiving $166 billion in universal rebates

Class counsel in Freestyle World, Inc. v. United States filed a relief motion that would automatically return money collected from the levies to all eligible importers.

By Sasha RogelbergNovember 12, 2026

Delaware’s federal court forced litigation funders into the open. Its most important court still lets them hide

Companies are already leaving Delaware with those exits accelerating. Secret litigation funding in Chancery Court gives them one more reason to get out of Dodge.

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianNovember 10, 2026

Cloudflare’s appeal won’t fix what’s broken in Delaware’s Chancery Court

A vice chancellor, Travis Laster, sent his own ruling to the state Supreme Court. Boards shouldn’t read that as reassurance.

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianNovember 5, 2026

Republicans made Hasan Piker their midterm villain. Now he’s suing Scott Jennings for $72.5 million

The Twitch streamer is seeking $72.5 million from CNN’s Scott Jennings over a spliced clip. His lawyer says Ted Cruz and others should “buckle up.”

By Emma WitmanNovember 5, 2026

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Billionaires spent nearly $400 million to sink California’s wealth tax — and the tax-the-rich side won all 3 income tax measures on the ballot

Emmanuel Saez, a UC-Berkeley economist who studies inequality and helped design Proposition 40, lamented the loss, saying: “Today oligarchy has won.”

By Allison Anna Tait and The ConversationNovember 13, 2026

More than half of MAHA’s 24 endorsed candidates lost in the midterms — and 41% of Americans still back the movement

A May 2026 poll conducted by the health policy organization KFF found that 41% of American adults supported MAHA, including many Democrats and independents.

By Robert Brehm, Matt Motta and The ConversationNovember 13, 2026

Voters restricted data centers in all but one of 41 local midterm ballot measures — by an average margin of 49 points

According to NBC exit poll data, 56% of voters felt that data centers were a major or even a crucial factor in influencing their congressional vote.

By Barbara Trish and The ConversationNovember 13, 2026

U.S. debt now equals the whole economy — and tax cuts since 2001 added over $10 trillion

An analysis of CBO data by the Center for American Progress finds that without these tax cuts, the debt-to-GDP ratio would be decreasing.

By Hinckley Jones-Sanpei and The ConversationNovember 13, 2026