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  Rising This Week: Executing Humphrey's? A 90-year-old bulwark protecting independent agencies may be headed for the Slaughter. Also: Luigi Mangione fights to exclude evidence, and a judge's trial looms. Adam Klasfeld Dec 7 ∙ Preview Supreme Court (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Firsthand, fact-based, and comprehensive coverage of the cases that shape U.S. democracy. For the last 90 years, the Supreme Court’s precedent of  Humphrey’s Executor  protected independent government agencies from interference by any U.S. president, creating a bulwark in the constitutional separation of powers. On Monday, the Roberts Court will hear oral arguments in the case that will almost certainly overturn it:  Trump v. Slaughter , a direct challenge to the 1935 precedent. The outcome isn’t too hard to predict: On Sept. 22, the Roberts Court issued an emergency docket decision allowing  Donald Trump  to fire the Federal Trade Commissioner  Rebecca Slaughter . The...

  ❤️  Donate Friday, December 5, 2025 ☀️   Sunny, with a high near 26.   Good Morning Boston, It's Friday! You may want to leave early if you're  one of the few Boston workers  headed into the office today. Shuttle buses are  replacing the Orange Line between Forest Hills and Back Bay  all day today and tomorrow due to work on  that old signal system . (You can also ride the commuter rail for free between  Forest Hills  and South Station.) Bad beats:   As online sports betting continues to grow in Massachusetts, so is the number of young adults struggling with gambling problems. As WBUR's Patrick Madden  reports  , addiction specialists and treatment programs across the state say they've seen a rise in young adults — ranging from their 20s to early 30s — seeking help for serious gambling problems tied to sports betting apps. The people in recovery who talked to Patrick described being "trapped" in their phone, damagin...

  The Damage Report 1.1M subscribers #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks Luigi Mangione's lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, exposes New York City Mayor Eric Adams after he and the NYPD Chief of Detectives, Joseph Kenny, make the outrageous decision to share critical evidence from the widely-follower trial with HBO documentary team before the defense team had even seen it. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below! Read more here: Luigi Mangione's Lawyer: NYC Mayor Shared Key Evidence on HBO 'Before Defense Had Even Seen It' - https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangio... "Luigi Mangione's lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, slammed the "outrageous" decision by New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Chief of Detectives, Joseph Kenny, to share crucial evidence with HBO, before she said the defense team had even seen it. Agnifilo was speaking outside a Manhattan courthouse ...