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Supreme Court litigator jailed in tax evasion case after betting on poker 0
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- July 25, 2026
WASHINGTON– A prominent Supreme Court litigator was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for evading a multimillion-dollar tax debt to the IRS and engaging in mortgage fraud, a case that shed light on his secret lifestyle as a high-stakes poker player and featured trial testimony from a Hollywood movie star. Thomas Goldstein, who also
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Trump imposes double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries as their 10% levies expire Friday 0
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- July 24, 2026
WASHINGTON– President Donald Trump is moving ahead with imposing new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as time runs out Friday on interim taxes he imposed after a tough Supreme Court defeat. The United States will impose taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners that account for 99%
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Nun who was detained by ICE while walking to mass in Texas says many are in her situation 0
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- July 23, 2026
McALLEN, Texas– A nun who was detained in immigration custody after being arrested while walking to Mass in her habit last month in Texas pleaded Thursday for people to have a chance to be heard before they are detained, saying she was speaking out to help others. “There are many other people in this same
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Navy says it will no longer release sailors’ service records 0
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- July 23, 2026
WASHINGTON– The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer publishing information about any sailor’s service history, information the service has provided for free for decades. The move, which officials say is being driven by heightened security threats and harassment concerns, comes amid a
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From the Mexican border to Washington: a small Texas town fights against Trump’s wall plan 0
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- July 22, 2026
WASHINGTON– On one hand: a small community in rural Texas. On the other: the Trump administration. A small Texas town along the border with Mexico is fighting the government’s efforts to build a border wall across a levee system to protect the community. The city argued in court Tuesday that the wall could cause flooding
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Wisconsin Democrats want to allow absentee voters to cast new primary ballot 0
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- July 21, 2026
MADISON, Wisconsin.- A chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, in which numerous candidates dropped out and re-entered the race, threatened to leave thousands of voters who already returned their ballots with worthless votes for the state’s highest office. That possibility led the state Democratic Party on Tuesday to appeal to the state elections commission, urging
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