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Donald Trump may have settled a lawsuit over his Trump University seminar program, but the case into the alleged fraud is far from over. Indeed, a lawyer representing one of the plaintiffs, who has refused to accept the $25 million settlement Trump made shortly after his election victory last November, has said that it’s a

In a discovery that might throw more light on the infamous relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, archaeologists have discovered Hemings’ living quarters in what was once Jefferson’s plantation home in Monticello, Virginia, reported NBC News Monday. This is said to be the first physical space devoted to Hemings, whose life till date remains

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. —The Illinois Senate voted Tuesday to override Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of an income tax increase and budget, key steps toward ending a three-year impasse. The quick Senate action capped a whirlwind Independence Day at the Capitol. Rauner vetoed the 32 percent increase in the income tax rate a couple of hours

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is seeing an increase in hate crimes. There were 931 incidents in 2016, an 11.2 percent spike over 2015, the state Department of Justice reported Monday. More than half of those involved bias based on race, ethnicity or national origin. The second-most-common incidents were based on sexual orientation. Race-based hate crimes

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant on Monday for a Jacksonville man, scheduling what would be Florida’s first execution since January of 2016. Mark Asay was convicted of shooting and killing two people in Jacksonville in 1987: Robert Lee Booker and Robert McDowell. Scott set his execution for Aug. 24 at

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday touted the “great jobs numbers” since he took office — numbers that his own administration’s official statistics show aren’t all that great. Trump said in a tweet that “at some point the Fake News will be forced to discuss our great jobs numbers, strong economy” and other successes

BEDFORD, Ohio — The Republicans’ signature health care bill was in peril in Congress and President Donald Trump was busy warring against media foes on Twitter. Vice President Mike Pence, wearing a brown suit and his usual earnest expression, was far from the fray last week, here at a warehouse outside Cleveland amid metal rods

MIAMI — Florida’s updated “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law is unconstitutional, a Miami judge ruled on Monday. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that lawmakers overstepped their authority in creating the law this year that forces prosecutors to disprove a defendant’s self-defense claim at a pre-trial hearing. The judge ruled that under Florida’s constitution, that