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Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to pause federal trial over presidential...
President Donald Trump speaks on stage during a campaign rally at the Target Center on Oct. 10, 2019 in Minneapolis. Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images.WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump...
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Former GOP officials warn of ‘terrifying possibilities’ if Trump immunity...
A group of anti-Trump Republican former officials warned against former President Donald Trump’s claims of presidential immunity in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this photo, Trump speaks at a...
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What happens next in the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas?
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the fentanyl crisis on March 28, 2023. (Screenshot from Senate webcast.)WASHINGTON — The U.S....
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Expanded child tax credit could be in place quickly if passed by Congress,...
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 15, 2024. (Screenshot from committee webcast)WASHINGTON — Internal Revenue Service...
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Trump’s calendar becoming crowded as legal battles escalate in New York, D.C.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on Feb. 15, 2024, in New York City. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records last year,...
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Biden, Trump set for massive delegate hauls in 16 nominating contests
Tuesday is the largest single day of presidential nominating contests, with 15 states and one U.S. territory holding primaries and caucuses. Getty Images. WASHINGTON — Voters in more than a dozen...
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Biden to push for return of expanded child tax credit in State of the Union...
President Joe Biden is expected in his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, March 7, 2024, to discuss taxes, housing and so-called junk fees. In this photo, Biden...
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Biden to announce U.S. will construct a port on Gaza coast to deliver...
A general view over the Gaza Strip as seen from the Israeli side of the border on Jan. 8, 2024, in southern Israel. Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to use...
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Bill to split TikTok from Chinese ownership gets unanimous vote from key U.S....
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee voted unanimously Thursday to advance a bill to force the social media platform to break ties with its Chinese parent company. Photo Illustration by Drew...
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U.S. House votes to ban TikTok unless it is sold by China-controlled parent
Photo Illustration by Drew Angerer/Getty Images.WASHINGTON — Citing major national security concerns, the U.S. House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that effectively bans TikTok unless the...
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Suit alleging suppression of free speech met with skepticism at U.S. Supreme...
Protestors backing a social media case against the U.S. government rallied outside the Supreme Court on Monday, March 18, 2024, as arguments in the case were being heard inside. The lawsuit filed in...
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Trump, GOP-led states argue presidential immunity claim to Supreme Court
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and attorneys general from 18 states in amicus briefs filed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday urged that Trump be granted blanket immunity, reversing a...
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Expanded child tax credit stranded in U.S. Senate by GOP comparisons to welfare
A tax package that includes an expanded child tax credit passed the U.S. House on a broad bipartisan vote, but is stuck in the Senate over objections to what is known as a “look-back” provision...
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Massive $1.2 trillion spending package that would avert a shutdown released...
A bipartisan agreement on government spending for the remainder of fiscal 2024 emerged just before 3 a.m. on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom.WASHINGTON — Congress...
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Republicans return to D.C. amid dwindling majority, suspense over House...
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Building after a vote on a funding bill that would avert a government shutdown on March 22, 2024 in Washington,...
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The IRS is testing a free method to directly file taxes. But not everyone is...
The IRS estimates that 19 million taxpayers are eligible to use a new Direct File program in advance of the April 15 tax filing deadline. Phillip Rubino/Getty Images. WASHINGTON — Many U.S. taxpayers...
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Divided U.S. Supreme Court wrestles with case of Pennsylvania man who joined...
Photo of Joseph W. Fischer of Pennsylvania at the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court on April 16, 2024, heard arguments in a case centering on Fischer’s...
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National privacy standard eyed by Congress for data harvested by big tech...
Ava Smithing, director of advocacy for the Young People’s Alliance, testifies before a U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce subpanel on April 17, 2024, on several data privacy bills being...
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U.S. House tries anew to force sale or ban for TikTok, a ‘spy balloon in your...
Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images.WASHINGTON — U.S. House leadership has packaged more than a dozen bipartisan bills into a so-called “sidecar” agreement meant to attract isolationist lawmakers’...
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NY prosecutor ties Trump hush money payments to campaign as criminal trial...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives with his attorney Todd Blanche, right, in court for opening statements in his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at...
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