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Headed into the November election — and with a big fight over expiring tax cuts looming in 2025 — Democrats are pushing once again to raise taxes on the wealthiest…

Former president Donald Trump’s social media start-up surged Tuesday in its first day of trading as a public company, a stock-market debut that helped deliver the Republican presidential candidate a…

Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked about dating a pregnancy based on “the woman’s recounting when her last menstrual period was.” Justice Elena Kagan wondered whether a medical procedure qualifies as…

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) assumed leadership of the House Oversight Committee last year with a particularly ambitious goal: proving that President Biden had committed an act necessitating his removal from…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running for president as an independent candidate, chose Bay Area tech lawyer and megadonor Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. Kennedy made the announcement…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to limit access to mifepristone, a key medication that is used in more than 60 percent of U.S. abortions and has emerged as…

A lawsuit accusing Matt Schlapp, the influential leader of the Conservative Political Action Conference, of sexual misconduct is being ended, according to both sides. The lawsuit began last year when…

RALEIGH, N.C. — President Biden has been trying out a new riff on the campaign trail, aiming to seize on a growing vulnerability facing Donald Trump. “I know everyone is…

PHOENIX — Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who has amplified former president Donald Trump’s false claims about rigged elections, has decided not to defend statements she made…