Politics

IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is showcasing its new capability to aggressively audit high-income tax dodgers as it makes the case for sustained funding and tries to avert budget cuts sought by Republicans who want to gut the agency.

Jul 14, 2023 7:04 AM Read more >

Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in the United States, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about 1 in 10 U.S.

Jul 14, 2023 6:55 AM Read more >

Dutch voters will go to the polls on Nov. 22 after the fall of Mark Rutte's coalition

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters will go to the polls on in an early general election on Nov.

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Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy video game maker Activision

LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators on Friday extended their deadline to issue a final order blocking Microsoft's $69 billion plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, allowing them to consider the U.S.

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US military chief praises Japan's defense funding boost as a buttress against China and North Korea

TOKYO (AP) — The highest-ranking U.S.

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White House details 'extreme heat strategy' amid blistering temperatures in U.S.

WASHINGTON — Crippling heat waves are an annual fixture in the United States — but it's not every day the White House announces a detailed strategy to confront them.

Jul 14, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres

CHICAGO (AP) — Two separate shootings 2,000 miles (3,218 kilometers) apart. One killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The other killed 23 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Both were motivated by racial hate.

Jul 13, 2023 11:45 PM Read more >

Justice Department urges judge to not postpone Trump's classified documents trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a judge Thursday to reject Donald Trump's efforts to postpone his classified documents trial, saying there was no basis for an “open-ended” delay sought by the former president's lawyers.

Jul 13, 2023 5:39 PM Read more >

Arizona Democrats file complaint against No Labels over donor secrecy

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Democratic Party is looking to force new political party No Labels to disclose its donors or lose its status as a political party, an escalation of Democrats' efforts to block a group they worry will boost Donald Trump's ch

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Democratic Gov. Beshear touts economic gains as theme in reelection bid in GOP-trending Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov.

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