Politics

TurboTax maker Intuit barred from advertising 'free' tax services without disclosing who's eligible

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press

In an opinion and final order, the FTC ruled that Intuit engaged in deceptive practices by running ads claiming consumers could file their taxes for free using TurboTax — when in fact many taxpayers did not qualify for such free…

About half of GOP voters in New Hampshire concerned about Trump's ability to win general election, AP VoteCast shows

By Josh Boak, Linley Sanders, Associated Press

Even as the coronavirus pandemic has faded as an election-defining risk, the results of the survey show that the cultural and social forces from the 2020 election have endured.

Kansas lawmakers want a report on last year's police raid of a weekly newspaper

By John Hanna, Associated Press

Thirty-five Democrats and 10 Republicans in the Kansas House have introduced a resolution condemning the Aug. 11 raid of the Marion County Record's offices and the home of its publisher in central Kansas.

With Oregon facing rampant public drug use, lawmakers backpedal on pioneering decriminalization law

By Claire Rush, Associated Press

The bill would recriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs as a low-level misdemeanor, enabling police to confiscate them and crack down on their use on sidewalks and in parks, its authors said.

UN chief warns that Israel's rejection of a Palestinian state solution threatens global peace

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

Netanyahu's rejection of a Palestinian state in any postwar scenario has opened a wide rift with Israel's closest ally, the United States.

Can Mississippi strip felons of voting rights? Federal judges hear the case

By Kevin McGill, Associated Press

The outcome of the case at the center of Tuesday's hearing in New Orleans will likely determine whether tens of thousands of people win back the right to vote.

Miami attorneys bankrolled DEA bribery scheme, federal prosecutors say

By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Associated Press

Federal prosecutors are expanding their investigation into a bribery scheme involving two former DEA supervisors, turning their attention to two Miami defense attorneys suspected of profiting from repeated leaks of confidential information.

Could Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis be removed from prosecuting Trump?

By Jeff Amy, Kate Brumback, Associated Press

Accusations that Willis had an affair with a special prosecutor she hired to seek convictions of Trump and others for interfering in Georgia's 2020 election have led to renewed calls to remove Willis from the case.

Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to reconsider gag order in the 2020 election interference case

By Associated Press

Lawyers for the Republican presidential primary front-runner had asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to examine the gag order after a three-judge panel upheld but narrowed the restrictions on his speech.

WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after U.S., U.K, launch new strike against Houthis in Yemen

By Associated Press

According to officials, the U.S. and U.K. used warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to take out Houthi missile storage sites and launchers.