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The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that the University of California, Davis School of Medicine violated federal civil rights law by using race-based admissions practices after the Supreme Court barred affirmative action in college admissions. The finding followed a six-month investigation by the Justice Department’s

Federal authorities have opened an investigation after large markings reading “8647” appeared on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., triggering sharp criticism from the White House and renewed scrutiny of a number sequence already at the center of a criminal case involving former FBI Director James Comey. The markings

Sen. Susan Collins officially won the Republican nomination for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday after running unopposed in the GOP primary, setting up one of the most consequential Senate races of the midterm cycle. Collins, 73, is running for a sixth term and will face Democratic nominee

A senior Trump administration official on Friday outlined the framework of a possible short-term agreement between the United States and Iran, a deal that could open the door to formal negotiations aimed at ending the ongoing conflict between the two nations. Speaking with reporters Friday afternoon, the senior official

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that Republicans will move quickly to confirm President Donald J. Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, setting up a high-stakes fight over national security leadership and the future of a key surveillance authority. “I don’t know what realistic is,

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Alabama’s emergency request to move forward with the scheduled execution of Jeffery Lee, leaving in place lower court rulings that blocked the state from using nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama had asked the justices to allow Lee’s execution to proceed Thursday night

The Obama Foundation announced Monday that the long-delayed Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side will include a comfort-food restaurant named after Tafari Campbell, the former White House chef and Obama family personal chef who died in a paddleboarding accident near Barack Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard

Three 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of longtime Kansas City sports radio personality Jimmy Dodds, a well-known local figure whose death has left the community grieving and reignited concerns over youth violence. Dodds, 64, was killed Sunday outside his home

The online fundraiser created for convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony and his family has been taken down after collecting nearly $634,000, even as Anthony now tells the court he cannot afford an attorney for his appeal. Anthony was convicted Tuesday of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison in

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is calling out four Republican senators who voted against a procedural motion that would have helped add the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act to a major $70 billion budget reconciliation package. The amendment, offered by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, would have required documented