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Our live coverage of Trump’s presidency has ended for the day. Follow the latest updates or read through the posts below. The Trump administration is opening a new camp within a notorious state prison ...

Nicole Fallon-Peek is a freelance journalist who has covered small business, careers and finance for 15 years. She is a small business owner and former managing editor of Business News Daily. Her work ...

While much of the Epstein files remain sealed, several high-profile people have been named in some of the released documents Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She ...

A new phishing campaign leveraging SVG files to deliver JavaScript-based redirect attacks has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. The attack utilizes seemingly benign image files to conceal ...

“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” – John F. Kennedy On November 22, 1963, crowds of excited people ...

Newly unredacted documents mostly shed light on C.I.A. sources and methods. The Justice Department is moving to disclose new details about surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. The National Archives ...

A tranche of documents tied in some way to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was released late Tuesday. No major new details were found immediately, but scholars said it would take time ...

Tax Form 1098 tells the IRS how much mortgage interest you paid last year. You may be able to deduct this amount on your Schedule A. Not all mortgage interest is tax deductible. If you have a mortgage ...

Part of being in relationship with other people is being faced with opinions and viewpoints you disagree with. It’s easy to dismiss the way other people think and feel when you don’t think or feel the ...