Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday clashed with Republican senators over the Justice Department's efforts to crack down on violent threats against school boards, with one GOP member telling the former judge, "Thank God you're not on the Supreme Court."



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Cotton tells Garland: 'Thank God you're not on the Supreme Court'

A ransomware gang believed to operate out of Russia says it hacked the National Rifle Association, the most powerful gun-rights group in the United States.

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Ransomware gang says it targeted National Rifle Association

The Federal Trade Commission report on the tobacco industry found that cigarette sales in the U.S. rose last year for the first time in two decades.

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FTC Data Finds Annual Cigarette Sales Rose in the U.S. for First Time in 20 Years

Former U.S. President Donald Trump cannot fight his suspension from Twitter in a Florida federal court, but instead must abide by the social media company’s terms of service and sue in California, following a judge’s ruling.

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Trump loses bid to keep lawsuit against Twitter in Florida

The S&P 500 fell from a record high on Wednesday as the momentum from a strong earnings season started to fade.



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S&P 500 slips from record as earnings season rally loses some steam

Democratic hopes of including a new tax on the super-wealthy to help pay for their social spending package were fading on Wednesday as centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he was uncomfortable with the idea.

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Manchin dampens progressive hopes for billionaire's tax

Democrats are targeting 700 or so billionaires and economist Gabriel Zucman has calculated what the US — and the world's — richest would pay.

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Democrats want to tax billionaires. Here's how much Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos would pay under their new plan.

Three social media networks massively popular with the youngest users—TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube—tried to convince skeptical US lawmakers Tuesday they are safe as worry about Facebook's potential harms spills over to other platforms.

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TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat defend impact on kids at US hearing

Biden administration officials say ICE is prioritizing serious criminals; arrest totals are half what they were during Trump years.

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Immigration arrests fell to lowest level in more than a decade during fiscal 2021, ICE data shows

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