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September 21, 2016

Navajos ask federal judge to restore polling places in Utah

Navajo Nation member Davis Filfred prefers casting a ballot the old fashioned way at a polling place. But he's worried he may ...

September 21, 2016

Clinton, Trump decry latest police shootings of black men

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are decrying police-involved shootings in Oklahoma and North Carolina, with the Democrat ...

September 21, 2016

Judge dismisses challenge to N. Carolina gay-marriage law

A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a North Carolina law that says magistrates with religious objections can refuse ...

September 21, 2016

The Latest: Analysis says Trump plan would add $5.3T to debt

The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT): 12:01 a.m. A new analysis from a nonpartisan group finds that ...

September 21, 2016

Report: Staff shortages hamper US wildlife refuges

Hundreds of national wildlife refuges that provide critical habitat for migratory birds and other species are crippled by a ...

September 20, 2016

Judge says Pennsylvania inmate's decades in solitary to end

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered prison officials to end a convicted murderer's stay in solitary confinement after 36 ...

September 20, 2016

Court rejects class-action over lawyers for immigrant kids

A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday rejected a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of children who go without lawyers ...

September 20, 2016

DC gun law gets hearing before Washington appeals court

Appeals court judges had tough questions Tuesday for attorneys defending a District of Columbia law that makes it difficult ...

September 19, 2016

How Texas' voter ID law landed it in federal court _ again

Texas once again defended one of the nation's strictest voter ID laws in federal court — this time against charges that the ...

September 19, 2016

Trump tax plan may cost $1.5 trillion more than he says

Donald Trump's tax plan may cost $1.5 trillion over the next decade more than he has projected and skew even more to the ...

September 19, 2016

Judge clears way for release of many more Pulse 911 calls

A judge on Monday cleared the way for the release of many of the hundreds of 911 calls related to a mass shooting at a gay ...

September 19, 2016

Redskins, rock band form unusual alliance in trademark fight

Simon Tam has openly criticized the Washington Redskins team name as a racist slur that demeans Native Americans. But Tam and ...

September 17, 2016

Court halts construction of another section of pipeline

A federal appeals court has ordered a halt to construction of another section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North ...

September 16, 2016

Court: Officer killed man less than a second after command

A Southern California police officer gave a man less than a second to raise his hands before opening fire and killing him, ...

September 16, 2016

Kagan: 8-member Supreme Court a problem over time

Justice Elena Kagan says the longer the Supreme Court is stuck with only eight members, the more it has to deal with the ...

September 16, 2016

Senator says Israel made a mistake by signing security deal

The Republican senator who oversees the U.S. foreign aid budget said Friday that Israel made a mistake by signing a new $38 ...

September 16, 2016

Economists say Trump's economic plan is an impossible blend

Donald Trump has attached a price tag to an economic vision promising what many economists say is impossible: lower taxes, ...

September 15, 2016

Economists: Trump's economic plans depend on unlikely growth

Donald Trump attached a price tag for the first time Thursday to an economic vision promising what many economists say is ...

September 15, 2016

Service chiefs urge lawmakers to avoid return of budget caps

The four-star officers responsible for training and equipping the U.S. military delivered a stark warning to Congress on ...