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To the American colonists, “the power to tax was the power to destroy,” historian Pauline Maier once told the Public Broadcasting Service.

Young adults make up more than a quarter of the U.S. population, and chains like Olive Garden are working to attract more of them.

The Secret Service, FBI and NYPD are currently investigating the letter containing a white powdered substance, a source told CBS News.

The security agency released a statement Thursday that said Faisal Mohammad, who stabbed four people on Nov. 4, 2015, was probably "self-radicalized."

Anonymous says it did not disclose the Republican candidate's Social Security and phone numbers Thursday, nor did it claim to.

The two senators' voting records seem similar, but they disagree on key issues such as immigration reform. 

Legal papers filed in the name of a Michigan murder suspect turned out to be bogus, authorities said Thursday.

During a hearing Thursday in Washington, members of Congress grilled Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

During presidential election years, the side experiencing less infighting was more likely to emerge victorious in November, a study says.

At the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Thursday, gay and lesbian groups were able to march under their own banner for the first time.

The former Ku Klux Klan leader said he thinks comparisons of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler are not hurting the candidate.

The Republican presidential hopeful's group includes former Bush administration staffers and members of a controversial think tank.

The Bernie Sanders campaign says pledged delegates can switch their allegiance, but experts say that is unlikely to happen.

Population centers in the southern part of the state could see massive damage if the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults were to jointly rupture, a study says.

Ryan said he isn't looking to become the GOP presidential nominee if no candidate can secure the necessary 1,237 delegates before the July nominating convention in Cleveland.

A gender gap could pose a problem for the New York billionaire in his quest for the White House.

Stephen Colbert broke down the GOP's options to stop Donald Trump on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Wednesday.

Rep. Martin Daniel, R-Knoxville, was defending a bill calling for greater free speech protections for students.

The Irish Queers and the Lavender & Green Alliance were expected to officially march in the 2016 parade after decades of exclusion.

A petition argued that graduation speakers should be inspirational, and Kotb “spends her time sipping wine on talk shows.”

The GOP operative's assertion contradicts the candidate's claim that his candidacy would bring more Republican voters to the polls.

Some 13 presidents have been able to make Supreme Court appointments in election years.

The current group of killer whales will be the last, operators of the entertainment parks said Thursday.

A man recently tried to jump a Secret Service barricade at a Trump rally in Ohio, just one in an escalating series of incidents.

Military documents released Wednesday revealed that after Bergdahl was thrown out of the Coast Guard, he traveled to Paris to join the French Foreign Legion.

High student debt and fatigue may be factors in why those studying to be physicians often have a drinking problem, research reveals.

Judge Merrick Garland sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which hears challenges to regulations on the environment and labor.

Just 7 percent of those diagnosed with marijuana use disorder sought help for it in the past year, a study says.

The subway system in the U.S. capital was closed Wednesday as work crews conducted safety inspections.