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Across the U.S., calls to "tax the rich" have become potent political slogans. But even in Mayor Zohran Mamdani's New York, getting the wealthy to pay more isn't playing out as smoothly as supporters hoped.

The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold for the second time in a year, going to businessmen Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a record-breaking price.

Cloudforce has announced plans to bolster its main offices at Maryland's National Harbor, adding 250 artificial intelligence software jobs over the next five years.

Two Democratic senators are pressing for answers about whether a diamond trade organization's 18-karat gold ring gifted to President Trump was a "cartoonish bribe" to obtain tariff exemptions.

Wall Street is flirting with a record Wednesday after several AI stocks reported better growth for the spring than analysts expected, while a report showed inflation across the United States was slightly less bad last month.

Patients with cancer, HIV, cystic fibrosis or conditions with high-cost medications often use coupons from drug manufacturers to help them pay for the drugs. That assistance runs out, however, and patients learn that the money was not counted toward ...

Inflation rose slightly in July as expected, a reading that could make the Federal Reserve less eager to hike interest rates.

U.S. inflation slowed last month and a measure of underlying price pressures also cooled, suggesting higher oil and gas prices from the Iran war are only having a limited impact on broader costs in the economy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened retaliation for Western seizures of its commercial vessels, describing them as "piracy."

Men are dropping out of the workforce at an alarming rate, and analysts say it's threatening the nation's social stability.