FTC and 22 States Sue Amazon Over Advertising Practices NYT > Top Stories By: Karen Weise 1 September 2026 at 00:44 Regulators say the e-commerce giant forced more than a million advertisers to pay more than they should have. The company denies the claims. © Vincent Alban/The New York TimesThe Federal Trade Commission and the states said Amazon misled brands and sellers into paying more for ads; the company is denying the accusations.
Leader of DOJ’s Civil Rights Unit Spars With Harvard, the Left and Her Colleagues NYT > Top Stories By: Glenn Thrush and Michael C. Bender 31 August 2026 at 12:00 Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights unit, has extracted flashy agreements and personnel moves from big universities and sought to force states to turn over confidential voter data.