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A South Carolina jury on Monday found a convenience store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting death of a Black 14-year-old boy, ending a closely watched case that fueled debate in the United States over race, self-defense laws, and the use of deadly force.

Andrew Left, one of the world’s most prominent short sellers and founder of Citron Research, was convicted Monday on multiple securities fraud charges in a landmark U.S. case examining whether social media posts about publicly traded companies crossed the line into illegal market manipulation.

A divided federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Trump administration’s policy restricting transgender military service is likely unconstitutional, delivering a legal setback to the Pentagon while leaving parts of the policy in place.

Two new businesses have sued to block President Donald Trump’s 10% tariffs, even as a federal appeals court considers whether to lift an injunction already protecting two small businesses and the State of Washington from paying them.

The U.S. Department of Justice is temporarily backing down from its plan to launch a $1.77 billion “anti-weaponization fund” after a federal judge issued a short-term restraining order.

After leaving town for a week without sending a key immigration enforcement funding package to President Donald Trump’s desk, Congress returns Monday to a backlog of responsibilities.

A proposal to create the largest U.S. currency denomination in more than 50 years could unintentionally benefit drug cartels, money launderers and tax cheats, according to experts and Treasury Department records.

U.S. Central Command has confirmed to Congress that foreign adversaries have exploited commercially available cell phone location data to surveil and potentially target American military personnel in active war zones, raising fresh concerns over troop security in the Middle East.

Major airports across the country could soon freeze customs processing and cancel all international flights if sanctuary cities continue bucking federal immigration enforcement operations.

U.S. weapons inventories depleted by the Iran war and continued military aid to Ukraine could take three or more years to fully replenish, raising fresh concerns about America’s readiness for a potential conflict with China, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary runoff, delivering one of the clearest signs yet that President Donald Trump’s GOP is rapidly replacing the party’s old guard with candidates aligned more closely with the MAGA movement.

NASA unveiled nearly $1 billion in new moon base contracts Tuesday as its top official called for less reliance on taxpayer funding and a faster path to putting astronauts on Mars.

A panel of federal district court judges temporarily blocked Alabama’s plan to enact its 2023 congressional map for upcoming elections.

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other top cabinet officials honored fallen American service members in celebration of Memorial Day and vowed Iran would not obtain a nuclear weapon.

A federal appeals court is weighing whether Kansas City can use its public accommodation ordinance to require Christian counselors to counsel gay married couples despite the counselors’ biblical convictions on marriage and sexuality.

A gunman who opened fire outside the White House over the weekend before being fatally shot by federal agents was already known to the U.S. Secret Service after he previously tried to enter the presidential complex claiming to be “Jesus Christ,” court records showed Sunday.

Two people were shot, including the suspected gunman, in a shooting outside the White House Saturday night.

More than half of the federal budget will go toward benefits for Americans 65 years and older by 2036, and that percentage is set to only grow, a recent congressional report finds.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 8-1 decision on Thursday, allowed U.S. companies to seek damages from property seizures by the Cuban government.

In an epic breakdown of negotiations, Congress is leaving town without voting on Republicans’ roughly $72 billion budget reconciliation bill.