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After being the first state to pass legislation permitting the use of medical marijuana, California has been stuck there for 20 years.
Despite the Bernie Sanders sweep of three states this weekend, Hillary Clinton still enjoys an 88% chance she will become the Democratic nominee.
While more than $27 million have been spent for Trump to get the Republican nomination, more than $37 million have been spent to stop him, according to OpenSecrets.
Fast-food workers in Miami walked off their jobs Thursday, just hours before the Republican candidates' debate Thursday evening.
Will Donald Trump win the the Republican nomination at the convention in Cleveland, which runs from July 18 to 21?
In June, the citizens of the United Kingdom will vote on whether to stay in the European Union. The decision seems a momentous one, and indeed it is.
Investors need to adapt quickly to whatever situation arises, but there is considerable confusion as to what to expect with a Trump presidency.
The death last week of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had an immediate impact on the future of marijuana legalization efforts in the U.S. The Supreme Court postponed a scheduled conference...
One of Twitter's reported benefits is that it gives insight to social issues and news before the trends are obvious to the public and professional pollsters.
The GAO has rejected a protest filed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin challenging the award of a contract to build a new U.S. Air Force Long Range Strike-Bomber.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that met and issued a report in December received a lot of attention then and virtually none thereafter.
The U.S. Social Security system, which was designed to redistribute income from highly paid workers to workers who earned lower lifetime income, is subtly changing as the average retirement age in...
The U.S. Senate has passed a permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act as part of a larger customs bill.
What would it mean for equities markets if Donald Trump becomes president? Which industries and companies stand to gain?
One item in the defense budget generated something of a stir following the budget announcement.