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WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration and its defenders in Congress argue that Democrats are breaking the rules in seeking the president’s private tax information. “We should not be in a situation where individual private tax returns are used for political purposes,” Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump’s private attorneys, said Sunday on ABC News’ “This…

DALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 30 points and then announced his retirement in the 40-year-old’s final home game, a 120-109 victory for the Dallas Mavericks over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Nowitzki told the crowd, “As you might expect, this is my last home game.” That was after speeches from Larry…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Tuesday that he would be releasing 10 years’ worth of tax returns before Tax Day, when 2019 tax filings are due, arrives next week. In an interview with The New York Times, Sanders, a strong contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, suggested that his tax returns would show that…

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s blunt suggestion last week that the United States is too “full” to accommodate migrants isn’t shared by lawmakers from some of the least populated areas of the country, who maintain that lawful immigrants are more than welcome in their states.  “I don’t think the country’s full. We’ve got a lot…

Perhaps Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) should have waited for all the points to be counted. The conservative lawmaker tweeted a selfie Monday from the NCAA championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, noting that Texas Tech held a 1-point lead with 35 seconds left in regulation. But his Twitter cheerleading wasn’t appreciated by Tech…

Norway and the United States ― both among the world’s top oil and gas producers ― are taking radically different steps, just days apart, in response to industry pressure.  Over the weekend, politicians in Norway dealt a major blow to their country’s powerful oil industry when the opposition Labor Party — Norway’s biggest political group…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Magic Johnson abruptly quit as the Los Angeles Lakers’ president of basketball operations Tuesday night, citing his desire to return to the simpler life he enjoyed as a wealthy businessman and beloved former player before taking charge of this tempestuous franchise just over two years ago. Johnson didn’t tell owner Jeanie…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared poised to win the country’s national election and secure a record fifth term in office Wednesday after months of scrambling to remain in power by striking deals with far-right extremists, promoting conspiracy theories, sidling up to authoritarian leaders and promising new restrictions on Palestinian rights. The race was incredibly tight and Netanyahu…

A frustrated Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) called on President Donald Trump Monday to hold off any further purges of immigration officials.  Grassley, the most-senior Senate Republican, told The Washington Post he’s “very, very concerned” about reports that director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Lee Francis Cissna will be the next to go in pending ousters that…

New Zealand’s privacy commissioner is holding no punches in his criticism of Facebook in the wake of the deadly mosque shootings in Christchurch, part of which was livestreamed by the gunman on the social media platform. Calling the tech giant “morally bankrupt pathological liars,” John Edwards said on Twitter on Sunday night that Facebook “cannot be…