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August 2025 Insurance Update
“Arising out of” is a phrase commonly found in an insurance policy. It’s a broad phrase, and courts construe it that way. When this phrase appears in an exclusion, courts often apply a “but for” causation test. And that may mean the exclusion applies even though the insured itself did not commit the excluded act.…
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Supreme Court Asked to Resolve Circuit Split on Broker Liability Under FAAAA Safety Exception
Freight broker liability under the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA) is once again before the U.S. Supreme Court, with two new petitions for certiorari—Total Quality Logistics (TQL) v. Cox and Montgomery v. Caribe II—seeking clarity on whether negligent hiring claims against brokers are preempted by federal law or preserved by the FAAAA’s “safety exception.”…
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How Tiffany Trump’s Husband Benefited From Proximity to Power
A Times investigation found that Michael Boulos and his family benefited financially from proximity to his in-laws for years.
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Joao Silva’s Journey Back to Afghanistan
Fifteen years after a combat photographer lost his legs to a land mine, he returned to the place in Afghanistan where it happened.
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Analysis: What Progress Has Trump Really Made in Ukraine Peace Talks?
Nearly a week after President Trump’s Alaska summit, his suggestions of imminent breakthroughs have not come to pass.
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Brazil-U.S. Talks on Mining Rare Earth Minerals Are Complicated by Trump’s Tariffs
Tensions between President Trump and Brazil’s leader could derail a promising alliance to unlock the world’s second largest reserve of the minerals.
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Israel Is Expanding Its Gaza City Operation, but Where Does It Stand?
The Israeli government is widening its operation in Gaza despite its generals’ advice and as it deliberates on a new cease-fire proposal.
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A Giant Wyeth Mural Comes Out of the Vault, Bearing Family Stories
N.C. Wyeth’s colossal 1932 mural, “Apotheosis of the Family,” re-emerges in a gleaming new round barn after years in storage.
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Who’s Involved in Trump’s Overhaul of the Smithsonian, the Kennedy Center and Other Cultural Orgs?
These five people are among those leading the president’s efforts to put his stamp on national cultural institutions, buildings and policies.
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Clear Eyes, Full Heart, Can’t Lose: The Enduring Legacy of “Friday Night Lights”
“It was in Odessa that I found those Friday night lights, and they burned with more intensity than I ever imagined… As someone later described it, those lights become an addiction if you live in a place like Odessa…As I stood in that beautiful stadium on the plains week after week, it became obvious that…
