Washington & Politics

Tax law experts see ‘strong’ case against Trump Org. CFO

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NEW YORK — Companies give perks to their employees all the time. Many top executives at Fortune 500 companies have access to a corporate...

Merkel’s likely heir favors her centrist path for Germany

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DUESSELDORF, Germany — As a child of the Cold War in West Germany, Armin Laschet remembers when then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan came to Berlin...

EXPLAINER: Deterring tax avoidance by global companies

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A broad swathe of countries have agreed on a major overhaul of how they tax the world's biggest companies when they do business across...

US plans to make airlines refund fees if bags are delayed

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The Transportation Department will propose that airlines be required to refund fees on checked baggage if the bags aren't delivered to passengers quickly enough. ...

New US LGBTQ-rights envoy sees reasons for hope and worry

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NEW YORK — Jessica Stern, soon to become the State Department's special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, sees a mix of promising news and...

Noem: GOP donor’s $1M for National Guard was a ‘surprise’

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said late Thursday it came as a surprise when a billionaire GOP donor reached out...

UN documents prisoners’ torture, abuse in Ukrainian conflict

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KYIV, Ukraine — Prisoners taken by the warring parties in the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine have endured systematic torture, sexual violence and other...

Agreeable Supreme Court term ends with conservative wins

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WASHINGTON — An unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ended with conservative-driven decisions on voting rights and charitable-donor disclosures that offered a glimpse of what...

Motion seeks evidence of past violence at Rittenhouse trial

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KENOSHA, Wis. — Prosecutors in Wisconsin want a judge to allow evidence at Kyle Rittenhouse's trial that shows he had a previous violent encounter...

Biden to host naturalization event, push path to citizenship

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President Joe Biden will hold a naturalization ceremony Friday at the White House in which 21 immigrants will become citizens as the administration pushes...