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Today — 1 September 2025Main stream

He Burned a Flag and Won a Right. With Trump’s Order, He Worries That’s at Risk.

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Adam Liptak
1 September 2025 at 17:03
The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that burning an American flag is speech protected by the First Amendment. President Trump says it should be punished.

© Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times

Gregory Johnson displayed a flag he has used in protests, in Venice, Calif., in 2021. Mr. Johnson won a landmark Supreme Court case in 1989 protecting political expression that is now being challenged by President Trump.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump’s Push to Fire Lisa Cook Puts Fed Independence on Trial

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Adam Liptak
28 August 2025 at 04:45
The Supreme Court has said the Federal Reserve Board’s independence warrants protection. President Trump’s effort to fire a member will test that commitment.

© Haiyun Jiang /The New York Times

Until Monday, no president had tried to fire a Federal Reserve governor.
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