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Report: Trump tax docs show $1B in losses President Trump is defending the practice of using tax shelters as a "sport," after the New York Times released a massive report detailing how he lost roughly $1 billion over a decade…

U.S. Commerce Department readies a 17.5 percent tariff on tomatoes from Mexico. Experts say the price of the imported fruit could escalate as much as 85 percent during some parts of the year. U.S. growers claim Mexican tomato producers unfairly…

The Auschwitz memorial and museum in Poland has slammed an online marketplace for selling apparel featuring images of the death camp, saying offering the items is "disturbing and disrespectful." "Do you really think that selling such products as pillows, mini…

Republicans don't want Mueller to testify President Trump is claiming executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller's entire report and the underlying documents, according to two sources familiar with the situation, rendering an already tense relationship between the White House…

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has joined with Rep. Elijah Cummings to reintroduce an ambitious plan they first proposed last year to "end the opioid crisis." This time, the Massachusetts senator and longtime Maryland Democratic congressman would pay for it…

U.S. shares declined again on Wednesday on the eve of talks between representatives from the U.S. and China, who are prepared to resume trade negotiations in a last chance to stave off more tariff increases. The Dow dipped 64 points…

After negotiations with the Department of Justice, House Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are now pressing ahead with holding a vote on potentially finding Attorney General William Barr in contempt for not complying with the panel's subpoenas to provide documents…

With Uber's highly anticipated IPO just days away, thousands of ride-sharing app drivers went on strike Wednesday morning. Drivers want a pay structure that gives them a bigger share of riders' fares. "Passenger fares have gone up,  but drivers haven't…

Harris grills Barr on White House contacts California Sen. Kamala Harris, a Democratic candidate for president, will unveil a new bill Wednesday that promises to provide hundreds of millions in new funding for public defenders. Harris' EQUAL Defense Act would…

The Justice Department warned it will ask the president to invoke executive privilege over the entire Mueller report if the committee does not cancel a planned vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt Wednesday morning, according to a…

A panel of federal judges decided Tuesday to allow the government to continue the controversial Trump administration policy that requires immigrants to stay in Mexico while they await immigration court hearings. The government will be allowed to continue the practice…

A new report by the non-profit Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University finds people in nearly every state in the country are exposed to unhealthy drinking water. According to the researchers, 43 states have locations, including drinking water sites, contaminated…

More women in the United States are dying from pregnancy-related causes, and the majority of those deaths could be prevented, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report finds that about 700 U.S. women…

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday that he isn't aware of any illegal "spying" on the Trump campaign in 2016. Wray's testimony comes after Attorney General William Barr told Congress last month that he believes…

Fifty-five law enforcement officers were slain during criminal incidents while on duty in the U.S. last year, 9 more officers than were slain on the job in 2017, according to new national data released by the FBI. The statistics on…

Treasury will "follow the law" on Trump taxes The Treasury Department will not release President Trump's tax returns to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, citing guidance from the Department of Justice, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin wrote in…

President Trump honored Tiger Woods for his comeback Masters win by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, at the White House on Monday. "The age of Tiger gave us moments that will live forever in…

In renewing a threat to sharply raise tariffs this week on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods from China, President Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that the levies have had little impact on U.S. consumers --…

One of the nation's oldest civil rights organizations is warning that Russian attempts to interfere in the U.S. political process deliberately targeted African Americans, drawing a link to domestic efforts to curtail voting rights and roll back landmark civil rights…

In a sweeping rebuke of Attorney General William Barr's conclusion there was insufficient evidence in the Mueller report to show President Trump obstructed justice, over 400 former federal prosecutors have signed an open letter saying Mr. Trump would face "multiple…

Scientists have identified a new cousin to the Tyrannosaurus rex 21 years after its fossilized bones were discovered in New Mexico. Sterling Nesbitt, a paleontologist at Virginia Tech, made the find when he was just 16. The new dinosaur is…

President Trump's former attorney and personal fixer Michael Cohen is heading to prison on Monday to begin serving his three-year sentence, at a facility Forbes once ranked as one of "America's 10 Cushiest Prisons." Cohen was convicted for crimes including…

The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a Wednesday meeting to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the full, unredacted report from special counsel Robert Mueller. Barr missed a deadline the committee's chairman,…