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A conservative think tank wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a controversial state capital gains tax.

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential contenders will face off Wednesday night in their first debate of the primary season — minus frontrunner Donald Trump, who continues to lead his GOP rivals by a double-digit margin.

Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress

A court filing shows that a Mar-a-Lago technology worker gave prosecutors information that led to a revised indictment against Trump, his valet and a third staffer.

Some US legislators want the US-China Science and Technology Agreement, renewed every five years since 1979, to be allowed to expire this month

Civil cases arising under federal law are generally filed in federal court: copyright cases, federal employment discrimination cases, cases against government agencies alleging violations of the U.S. Constitution, and more. But civil cases arising under state law can also be filed in federal court, if they involve more than $75K…

The announcement of Gina Raimondo’s trip from Aug. 27 to 30 follows Washington’s easing of export restrictions on 27 Chinese entities

Vige Barrie was walking to an important meeting in Washington, D.C. She remembers feeling confident and happy — until she fell flat on her face.

Trump has already appeared in court in New York, Florida and Washington DC