After verification, names of around 17 lakh applicants for the Annapurna Yojana were rejected over Aadhaar-related issues ahead of the disbursement of the third tranche of funds for the direct cash ...

City leaders say Dallas is confronting a serious budget strain of the kind now hitting many big cities, with a projected $51 million gap driven by weaker tax growth, inflation, an ...

A federal judge's decision in Texas has major implications for the National Firearms Act. What does this mean for certain guns and other weapons?

Re: “How the war in Iran is complicating Trump’s agenda at home” (Aug. 8). America is burning through its oil insurance ...

Two fierce foes in California’s insurance arena have found something they dislike even more than each other: a Newsom administration proposal to change who pays after utility-caused wildfires.

A jury convicted Polie Phan in the Houston killings of two Oregon cannabis businessmen after hearing testimony about drugs, ...

There was a pair of protests Monday in Jersey City, New Jersey, including one against Mayor James Solomon's proposed 15.5% tax hike due to a deficit he blames on the past administration.

Attorney General Brenna Bird speaks at the Des Moines Register Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 16, 2026.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani won’t be sending anyone to an oversight hearing about his administration’s bungled rollout of the state’s new pied-à-terre tax. Administration officials will skip testifying ...

Despite surveys suggesting millions of retirees live almost exclusively on Social Security, federal records tell a different ...

Hong Kong’s move to cut taxes for hedge funds has set off a frenzied wave of maneuvering across the city’s financial sector, with investment banks fearing an exodus of prop traders and one fund even ...

War’s consequences | Health system | Trump 0-for-3. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Aug. 18, 2026.