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(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — A U. S. jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago. The decision from the eight-person jury came after a different jury earlier this year couldn’t agree on whether Reston, Virginia-based CACI should be held liable for the work of its civilian interrogators who worked alongside the U.

In the 2024 Presidential election, voters simultaneously cast their ballot for abortion rights and for President-elect Donald Trump. A new Rutgers School of Public Health analysis shows that support for abortion ballot initiatives exceeded support for Vice President Harris in every state in which there was a measure. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Given Trump’s past full-throated claims of credit for the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v.

This article is part of The D. C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. As far as scripted set pieces of American politics go, the first photo-op in the hand-off of power between one White House and the next is up there. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] There are moments of cringe, as was the case in 1980 when Ronald Reagan peppered Jimmy Carter with seemingly ancillary questions to the job they were trading, even as the incumbent rightly suspected someone in Reagan’s camp had worked to extend the Iranian hostage crisis so it would end as soon as Reagan took power.

Late in the 2024 election, Elon Musk made a tantalizing and outlandish offer: a sweepstakes offering $1 million daily to voters who pledged to sign on to his petition proclaiming support for the First and Second Amendments. The stunt raised questions about money in politics, but also about the use of what appeared to be a lottery to sway voters’ choices.

(NEW YORK) — A judge postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case, after his lawyers called for freezing and ultimately dismissing the case so he can run the country. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] New York Judge Juan M. Merchan had been set to rule Tuesday on their earlier request to throw out his conviction because of a U.

Did you know that the expansion of AI will require as much new energy as some countries? TIME Chief Climate Officer Shyla Raghav explores artificial intelligence and how it impacts energy use.