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Until the African penguin starts observing federal holidays, Sparks Perkins won’t either.Which is to say the morning of Dec. 25 will bring not presents and mistletoe for the 33-year-old San Franciscan, but...

WASHINGTON — Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who was a standout witness of the House Jan. 6 committee investigation, told the panel in an interview in September that a lawyer...

Miles from South Beach and most of Miami’s tourist haunts, Santa’s Enchanted Forest has dazzled locals for decades.WHY WE’RE HEREWe’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In Miami,...

The heaviest snowfall, according to forecasters, is likely to occur between Wednesday night and Friday over the Great Lakes, where the total depth could exceed a foot. Wind gusts of more than...

WASHINGTON — The I.R.S. subjected both President Donald J. Trump’s predecessor and his successor to annual audits of their tax returns once they took office, spokespeople for Barack Obama and President Biden...

The days of paying to pet lion and tiger cubs, as portrayed in the hit Netflix documentary television series “Tiger King,” are officially over in the United States.On Tuesday, President Biden signed...

In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a law to make it easier to force treatment on people with certain mental illnesses. The mayor of Portland, Ore., said last week that he...

In his first three years as president, Donald J. Trump paid $1.1 million in federal income taxes before paying no tax as his income dwindled and losses once again mounted in 2020,...

WASHINGTON — A former lawyer for a White House aide who became a key witness for the House Jan. 6 committee took a leave of absence from his law firm on Tuesday...

WASHINGTON — Billions of dollars in emergency aid to war-torn Ukraine and communities ravaged by natural disasters. A bipartisan proposal to overhaul the archaic law at the heart of former President Donald...