WASHINGTON — As a businessman, Donald Trump has kept the courts busy. That’s hardly likely to change when he enters the Oval Office, creating an unusual and potentially serious problem for a sitting president. Only a handful of presidents have ...

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NEW YORK — Donald Trump can keep his Twitter insults flying. In a decision made public Tuesday, a New York judge dismissed a lawsuit filed last year against the Republican president-elect by a political strategist who claimed her reputation was ...

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions cast himself as a strong protector of law and order at his confirmation hearing Tuesday, promising that as attorney general he would crack down on illegal immigration, gun violence and the “scourge of radical Islamic ...

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The first federal minimum wage was set at 25 cents in 1938. Adjusted for inflation, that would be worth $4.13 today. The rate has been adjusted upwards many times since then, most recently in July 2009. The current federal minimum ...

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President-elect Donald Trump gave a videotaped deposition on Thursday for a lawsuit stemming from a clash with a celebrity restaurateur at his new Washington hotel. It was a rare legal proceeding for a president-elect or sitting president that highlights the ...

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Democrats are lurching toward a fight over the next Supreme Court, wracked with bitterness about the 11-month blockade of an open seat but with no clear message on how to respond to the nominee expected from President-elect Donald Trump once ...

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Carl Paladino, the wealthy Buffalo businessman who co-chaired Donald Trump’s campaign in New York, says there are no lingering problems with the president-elect’s transition team over his widely condemned comments insulting President Barack Obama and his wife. Paladino refuted reports ...

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CHICAGO — Major U.S. cities and counties are beefing up legal services for immigrants to help them fight deportation and avoid fraudulent lawyers in the wake of Donald Trump’s election and his hard-line immigration enforcement promises. Tapping local government funds ...

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A stray backpack prompted the partial evacuation of Trump Tower on Tuesday, though bomb squad technicians quickly determined the unattended bag contained children’s toys and was harmless. Video posted online showed people running through the Manhattan skyscraper’s public lobby as ...

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Donald Trump is set to inherit an uncommon number of vacancies in the federal courts in addition to the open Supreme Court seat, giving the president-elect a monumental opportunity to reshape the judiciary after taking office. The estimated 103 judicial ...

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“A little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. … I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration — and a very effective form of ...

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For his first Supreme Court pick, Donald Trump wants someone with deep conservative credentials to avoid the sort of surprises that have beset past Republican presidents. Someone young enough to ensure a long tenure. And maybe even a state court ...

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