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It’s no wonder people want to file taxes using head-of-household status, since it’s a great deal. But not everyone qualifies. Here’s how to check if you do.

There are some cases when married couples should consider filing a separate return to claim a new tax break on $10,200 of unemployment benefits.

Millions of low-income Americans could miss out on free help filing their taxes this year due to Covid.

An appeals court did not appear to buy arguments by President Donald Trump’s lawyers that his tax returns can’t be given to a state grand jury.

The judge who gave a hug and Bible to a former Dallas police officer after she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing her neighbor said Monday that she watched the woman change during her trial and wants her to live a purposeful life.

A white Dallas police officer who said she mistook a neighbor’s apartment for her own and fatally shot him in his living room was sentenced Wednesday to a decade in prison in a stunning courtroom scene that included the dead man’s brother and the black judge embracing the sobbing officer. People outside of the courtroom reacted angrily to the sentence...

A judge delayed enforcement of a subpoena seeking President Donald Trump’s tax returns Wednesday until at least next week

In the past two years, Dallas County juries made history by convicting two former officers, sending both to prison for murdering two unarmed teenage boys. A third former officer charged with murder, Amber Guyger, goes on trial Monday.

About a dozen demonstrators in Dealey Plaza demanded justice on Friday night, one year after the death of Botham Jean. The 26-year-old accountant was shot and killed inside his Dallas apartment by an off-duty Dallas police officer. Amber Guyger was still in her uniform when she says she mistook Jean’s apartment for hers. Friday was also the first day of...

Reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley have pleaded not guilty to tax evasion and other federal charges. The “Chrisley Knows Best” stars entered the pleas at an initial court appearance Wednesday. The 12-count indictment also accuses the pair of conspiracy, bank fraud and wire fraud.

A former University of Southern California soccer coach and an accountant for the consultant at the center of the college admissions bribery scheme have pleaded guilty in the sweeping case. Ali Khosroshahin and Steven Masera pleaded guilty in Boston federal court Thursday to conspiracy to commit racketeering.

The Trump administration is considering an emergency declaration that would allow it to make an arms shipment to Saudi Arabia without the approval of Congress, two U.S. officials and lawmakers opposed to the move said Thursday. The officials say a decision on invoking a national security waiver in the Arms Export Control Act to bypass congressional review of proposed sales...

A federal judge ruled against President Donald Trump on Monday in a financial records dispute with Congress and said lawmakers should get the documents they have subpoenaed. Trump called it a “crazy” decision that his lawyers would appeal.

President Donald Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen, told Congress it was Trump’s personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, who suggested he tell lawmakers that the negotiations for Trump Tower Moscow ended in January 2016, even though they continued for months after that. The House Intelligence Committee on Monday released two transcripts of closed-door interviews with Cohen from earlier this year, along with...

A federal judge suggested Tuesday he is skeptical of President Donald Trump’s efforts to block Congress from obtaining some of his financial records. Judge Amit Mehta spent about an hour and a half holding a hearing on Trump’s effort to keep financial records from Congress. Mehta did not rule during the hearing whether the House’s subpoena of Trump financial records...

Former Donald Trump fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen arrived at the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York, to serve his three-year prison sentence—but not before taking a few slaps at Trump and his administration.

Hoping to avoid a tax surprise for 2019? Talk to your accountant before you use the IRS tax withholding calculator. That’s because user error and failure to consider state and local taxes could result in incorrect adjustments to the income taxes you have withheld at work. The 2018 tax year brought in a host of changes for filers as they...

President Donald Trump and his business organization sued the Democratic chairman of the House oversight committee on Monday to block a subpoena that seeks years of the president’s financial records. The complaint became the latest front in the intensifying battle between the president and the Democrats who control the House of Representatives and are committed to investigating Trump and his...

Pizza, parrots, and pets: Rick Mitchell takes a look at some of the top stories on social media.

A Dallas County jury will continue hearing evidence Wednesday against a Dallas police officer who shot and killed a 26-year-old accountant in his own home in September, according to an official with knowledge of the case.